Dry fly
Extended-body Green Drake
Realistic extended-body drake
Trout · GraylingSurface
Extended-body realistic Green Drake dun for the duffer's-fortnight hatch on rich rivers and lakes.
Fish this when
During the duffer's-fortnight Green Drake hatch on rich chalk rivers and stillwaters in late spring and early summer, when big naturals cover the water and fish key on exact silhouette.
Why it works
The tapered extended abdomen rides the film at the true length-to-thorax proportion of the natural, giving picky drake-feeders a profile that stubbier standard-shank duns can't match.
Naturals it imitates
Green Drake dun (realistic)
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Advanced