Green Drake (Dun)
A dun fly imitating Ephemera guttulata, fished in May, June across the Northeast, Midwest, Rocky Mountain.
Open in Hatch Matcher →Quick facts
- Stage: Dun
- Imitates: Ephemera guttulata
- Hook sizes: #8, #10, #12
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Water temp: 52–62°F
- Water types: Freestone, Tailwater
- Best months: May, June
- Regions: Northeast, Midwest, Rocky Mountain
- Target species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
How to tie the Green Drake (Dun)
Hook: Tiemco TMC 5212 2XL, sizes 8-12
Thread: Uni 6/0 Olive
Materials
- Hook: Tiemco TMC 5212, #8-12
- Thread: Uni 6/0 Olive
- Tail: Moose body hair or dark elk hair (split)
- Body: Olive-cream dubbing with yellow segments
- Rib: Yellow thread or fine gold wire
- Wing: Dyed green elk hair or deer hair comparadun style
- Hackle: Grizzly dyed olive
Tying steps
- Mount 2XL hook. Tie in a comparadun-style wing of green elk hair, fanned 180 degrees.
- Wrap to bend; tie in dark moose hair split tail.
- Dub a fat olive-cream body to behind wing, segmented with yellow thread rib.
- Tie in grizzly-olive hackle, wrap 4 turns behind wing and 2 in front.
- Tie off hackle, whip finish, head cement.