Green Drake (Spinner)
A spinner fly imitating Ephemera guttulata, fished in May, June across the Northeast, Midwest, Rocky Mountain.
Open in Hatch Matcher →Quick facts
- Stage: Spinner
- Imitates: Ephemera guttulata
- Hook sizes: #8, #10, #12
- Difficulty: Advanced
- 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 (Spinner)
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 (3, long split)
- Body: Olive-brown dubbing
- Wing: White poly yarn spent wings
- Thorax: Dark olive dubbing
Tying steps
- Mount 2XL hook. Tie in white poly spent wings at mid-shank, figure-eight.
- Wrap to bend; tie in 3 moose hair fibers as long spread tails.
- Dub olive-brown body from bend to behind wings.
- Dub dark olive thorax around wing roots.
- Whip finish, head cement.