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 imitate the green drake hatch on the West Branch of the Delaware and fished for brown trout.
- 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
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.
Every fly is tied by hand, one at a time, on the hook listed above. No two are identical and none of them came out of 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.
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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