I really like your last fly Byron, nice tying.
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I really like your last fly Byron, nice tying.
Have you considered extended body replicas al a Duck's (Duckworth's)or Norm Norlander's instruction? Google away, I'm on the wrong computer. Seems a good strategy to keep it less heavy and accurate in representation .
Gordo7,
Thanks for the suggestion. I am personally not a big fan of extended body duns. i like the float I get from Comparadun style flies.
Byron.....Nohting like matching a particular hatch. Good luck with the challenge. :)
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My final take on a Western Green Drake
AlanB: Awaiting your version.
Thanks,
Byron
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psae0718de.jpg
Not sure I understand the brown rib?
Sort of explained that in first post with the pic of the insect. Actually, this is a brown body with an olive/green ribbing.
Let me know if it doesn't, Gene.
Thanks,
Byron
I understand the top of the fly appears to have a brown rib on the top. My concern is what the trout sees, the bottom of the bug. Next year grab one and hold it up to the sky and see how bright the body gets. I did that years ago with a Hendrickson and noticed a whole different color. I now tie them quite a bit different especially for bright sunny days. Just another question why does Jacklin and Mathews just to name two use bright yellow for a rib. Another question, do you catch more fish with the green drake dun or emerger?
Gene,
If you look at the photo of the fly from below, it appears quite bright (to me anyway).
Didnt mean to upset anyone, just trying to copy the insect. The comparadun pattern rides low, like the insect. I think the bit of brown might help. The brown doesn't show much on the bottom of the fly. I believe the Green Drakes vary a bit in coloration from watershed to watershed.
must tell you that Jacklin originally tied his with a light dun hackle before switching to olive. And, he ties some of his with a bright olive deer hair short tail.
post a pic of your version, please.
Forgot: I catch more trout with the dun when the hatch is on and the trout are snapping at them. I catch more on the emerger before and after the hatch.
thanks Gene
Here is a photo, which shows a bit of the under portion of a Green Drake.
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...ps56c852b5.jpg
Here is one of Bob's Green Drakes with the olive tail:
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psfbd61734.jpg
http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/...psc82e98a8.jpg
This is my eastern Drake pattern, which does fairly well for me.
West Branch Drake
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