Dry fly
Parachute Green Drake
Stable parachute drake
Trout · GraylingSurface
Parachute-hackle Green Drake dun — visible and stable for the big drake hatch.
Fish this when
Through the big Green Drake hatch on broken or wind-ruffled water, where a standard hackled dun tips over but float and visibility still matter.
Why it works
The horizontal parachute hackle holds the fly upright and low in the film like the natural, while the post gives the angler a visual anchor the low-riding standard tie can't offer in rough water.
Naturals it imitates
Green Drake dun
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate