Nymph
Drunella Nymph
Crawler-family workhorse
Trout · GraylingSubsurface
Stocky crawler nymph of the Ephemerellid Drunella complex — the summer BWO and western Green Drake nymph.
Fish this when
Through summer on freestone rivers ahead of a BWO, Flav, or Green Drake hatch, dead-drifted deep along cobble and weed where crawler nymphs cling and forage.
Why it works
Crawler nymphs are constantly knocked loose into the drift from their weed and cobble habitat, so this earns takes as everyday food as much as it does as a hatch-matcher.
Naturals it imitates
Drunella crawler nymph (BWO/Flav/Green Drake)
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Beginner-friendly