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Arnot's New Age Western Green Drake

Dry Fly · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Barbless dry hook, black nickel (Fulling Mill Grab Gape), 10-14
  • Thread Olive or black 8/0 (70 denier)

Materials

  • Tail Coq de Leon fibers (1 small bunch)
  • Body Olive/green drake Ultra Dry Dub (pinch)
  • Wings Dun/gray Ultra Dry Yarn, layered (1)
  • Post Hi-vis Ultra Dry Yarn (1)
  • Hackle Natural gray/dun CDC wrapped around post (2)
  • Thorax/legs Olive Ultra Dry Dub (pinch)

How to tie it

  1. Start thread on the black-nickel hook and tie in Coq de Leon fibers as a split tail about one shank length.
  2. Dub a robust olive/green-drake Ultra Dry body forward to the thorax; green drakes are big mayflies, so build a fuller body than the smaller New Age patterns.
  3. Tie in layered dun Ultra Dry Yarn wings and erect a hi-vis post.
  4. Wrap CDC (use two feathers for the larger fly) parachute-style around the post base for maximum float.
  5. Dub an olive thorax around the post to suggest legs.
  6. Whip finish and cement lightly; float only the wing and post.

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