FLY
Classic Wet Fly
Green Drake
Tied by Christian Andrews
Green Drake recipe
| Hook | #12 dry |
|---|---|
| Thread | red |
| Front Hackle | honey (light ginger) dry fly sized to hook |
| Rib | black silk thread |
| Tail | three lemon wood duck feather fibers |
| Tag | gold tinsel |
| Head | red thread |
| Wings | lemon wood duck feather fibers |
| Body | light olive or cream yarn |
What the Green Drake imitates
- Eastern Green Drake (dun) Ephemera guttulata
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate P, No. 135. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
