Dry fly · sizes 8–10
West Branch Green Drake Dun
Tied for the green drake on the West Branch of the Delaware
- Imitates
- Green Drake
- When
- Jun
- Hook
- sizes 8–10
- Tippet
- 3Xrule of three
From$19.50down to $5.50 a fly
A dry fly in sizes 8-10 — tied to order to match the green drake hatch on the West Branch of the Delaware, for brown trout, and not yet tied.
- Hand tied to order, never bin stock
- Tied on TMC 5212 in sizes 8-10
- Matched to the green drake on a specific piece of water
- Floats a small dropper
Tied by @dereklea7
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At the vise
- Pattern
- Green Drake Dun
- Style
- Dry fly
- Hook
- TMC 5212, 2XL drysizes 8-10
- Thread
- Olive 8/0
Materialsin the order they go on the hook
- TailMoose body hair, three fibres
- BodyOlive dubbing over a tapered underbody
- RibYellow floss
- WingDark dun turkey flat, upright
- HackleGrizzly dyed olive, trimmed underneath
On the water
Wild browns in big, cold water — the birthplace of American dry-fly fishing, still refusing to be easy.
Build the taper before you dub. A drake is a big insect and a parallel body reads as a stick to a fish that has been eating the real thing for a week.
One good cast to a working fish. Drake water rewards patience and punishes lining a bank. West Branch of the Delaware fish see a lot of flies, and the ones that keep working are the ones tied for the water rather than for the bin.
Tying starts only once an order comes in. Each fly is then tied by hand, one at a time, on the hook listed above — no two identical, and none of them off a machine.
Where and when
- Water
- West Branch of the Delaware, Catskills
- Target
- Brown trout, Rainbow trout
- Water type
- Tailwater
- Also fishes
- The western drake rivers in June, and big enough to prospect a bank with when nothing is showing.
The green drake on the West Branch of the Delaware
June, in sizes 8–10
Also on this water
- HendricksonApr–May
- SulphurMay–Jun
Fished out of Hancock and Deposit.
What turns up
- Your flies in a slim foam box
- A card with the recipe and the water it was tied for
- Lead time
- Tied to order, usually within a week
- Shipping
- Flat $4 shipping, free over $60
- If it fails
- Fish it. If it falls apart, we replace it.
Make it yourself
Every material this exact fly is tied from, and the tying kit that carries it — not a generic list, this one's.
- TailMoose body hair, three fibresHatch kit — a dozen flies
- BodyOlive dubbing over a tapered underbodyDry-fly bench stock
- RibYellow flossDry-fly bench stock
- WingDark dun turkey flat, uprightHatch kit — a dozen flies
- HackleGrizzly dyed olive, trimmed underneathDry-fly bench stock
Goes with it
- Green Drake tying kitEvery material on the list above, enough for a dozen, with the recipe card. Tie them yourself.$48
- West Branch of the Delaware airbrushed hatThe same water, hand airbrushed onto a trucker cap.
FLY-DELAWARE-06
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