I’m trying to come up with a Green Drake pattern representing a not-fully-emerged insect. I want it to float in the surface film (thus, the short wing bud hair).
I have tied a number of variations to try to represent this and am very anxious to try them out before and even during the Western Green Drake hatch. I believe a pattern which acts/looks like a struggling emerger becomes an enticement to the waiting trout.
More traditional version of a size 14 Flav cripple version
Byron,
have you tried using snow shoe rabbit in a lite dun color, tied in a swept back wing style. I use this type wing for a hackle less caddis imitation. it floats like a cork. the only drawback seems to be the availability of snow shoe. I have been doing a little experimenting with poly yarn and mcflyon for winging material but have not given it the acid test yet. you might give those materials a shot if you cant find snow shoe.
Thanks John. I guess I could dye my snowshoe
I do like this Dun colored Zelon. It doesn’t absorb water.
I do like snowshoe though
Thanks
Byron,
don’t know if I would go thru the trouble of dying the snow shoe, you might see if it gives you the effect your looking for first. a couple of other ideas that would give you the low profile approach would be a para or hackle stacker version, maybe even a quigly cripple version. just throwing some ideas out their.
John,
I believe I may just have a dun colored snowshoe. I got a bunch of them a few years ago, and have to do some digging around to locate them
John,
Did find an olive snowshoe foot. Using it as attractor at wing buds of emerger.
Byron,
have you tried using the olive snowshoe to dub the abdomen, then using a darker olive silk or thread to rib the body. this would give you a fly with an abdomen that is highly floatable, and would allow you to eliminate the hackle, and with a down wing of deer hair, elk , or snowshoe, give you a low profile highly floatable fly.
Yes,
I personally like this better. The bright snowshoe will serve as bursting wing buds and provide good floatations
Will let you know which version works better this summer…
I like this, GT Green Drake, when Drakes are hatching.
Very nice tie, John
Believe it or not, I tied a para spinner version yesterday. Did it Jacklin style with white poly yarn as the post before mashing it flat.