Simple fly iwth an equally simple dressing.

The hackle is partridge - I like Hans Weilenman's method of tying the stem to the hook shank with the half stripped feather over the eye of the fly. The tread (brown, 6/0 in this case is wrapped to below the bend of the hook. Leave ~ 8" of tag, bend the thread back and wrap the end to the hook. That leaves ~4" of doubled thread for a rib. Dub on regualr old hare's ear for the body. Wrap the rib up the body and take two turns of hackle. Tie it off and go fish. Since our Brown Drakes are pretty good size, what few of them we have, this is on a #10 hook.
Most of the places I fish are pretty small, freestone streams. They have very few, light hatches. This attempt at matching a hatch under such conditions is almost ridiculous. They're only brook trout - not Einstein fish. But man, oh man, are they ever beautiful!!!