FLY OF THE MONTH: May 2006 Green Drake
Green Drake Emerger / Green Drake Spinner
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Green
Drake Emerger
Hook: 2x-long
dry sizes 8-12
Thread: Olive or tan 8/0 or 6/0
Body: Pale olive yellowish dubbing
Tail: Z-lon in brown or pheasant
tail
Wing: Dyed olive deer or elk hair
Rib: One strand of peacock herl
and/or olive 6/0 thread doubled, if you
use peacock herl palmer thread oposite
way to secure herl (as pictured)
Legs: Two clean tipped peacock
strands tied underneath, optional
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Green
Drake Spinner
Hook: 2x-long
dry fly sizes 6-10
Thread: White 8/0
Body: White dubbing rear 2/3 of
hook and black dubbing front 1/3 of hook
Tail: 3 long moose mane, one down
the middle and two split on either side
Hackle: Oversized grizzly hackle
wound over black dubbing, clip hackle top
and bottom
Rib: One strand of peacock herl
and/or olive 6/0 thread doubled, if you
use peacock herl palmer thread oposite
way to secure herl (as pictured)
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