Dry fly
Golden Drake Spinner
Pale-gold spent spinner
Trout · GraylingSurface
Pale-gold spent spinner of the summer Golden Drake (Anthopotamus) fall.
Fish this when
On calm summer evenings on US streams once the Golden Drake spinner fall drops onto flat glides and back-eddies, after the day's dun activity has faded.
Why it works
The flush-lying spent wings and pale gold body match the exhausted, wings-flat posture of dying spinners, drawing the unhurried sipping rises fish reserve for easy, trapped naturals.
Naturals it imitates
spent Golden Drake spinner
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate