Honestly, it wasn't that I didn't think the lure looked like a dragonfly, it was the idea that a dragonfly like this would be "flying" around underwater. | Photo by Kurt Mazurek After decades as an ...

Last Sunday as I sat at the edge of a pond, I spotted this dragonfly that had just emerged from its final nymph stage. Dragonfly nymphs can live in water for several months to as long as five years.

The Fishlab Nature Series Nymph is a shockingly effective soft plastic bass bait. The difference between my impressions of the lure in its package vs. the lure in the water could not be farther apart.