... will be out and about shortly, if they have not already made the scene.

Duck's Green Drake was a breakthrough original for me last year that served me well on my home water for over two months starting in early June.

This was the first fly that I tied using a viable and easily repeatable technique to incorporate tails ( three moose hairs ) in an extended body furled from antron. It also uses the 9DH hackling method to create both a representative green drake profile ...



... and a pretty realistic silhouette from the fishies' point of view ...



This guy was one of the late comers to the party, taking the fly in mid July ...



... and this guy wasn't all that happy about mistaking it for a food item in mid August ...



Lots of mileage out of that pattern last year, and looking forward to another good summer with it.

For the "step by step" follow the link to the FOTW article.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/fotw...tw20120618.php

The basic pattern, with appropriate color changes, sized down nicely to Mahogany Duns and BWOs later in the year. And it should size up nicely for a really big fly like the Hex.

John