Western Green Drake Nymph

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Price:

$2.75

Product Category:

Mayflies

SKU:

M501N-10

The Western Green Drake is one of the largest mayflies found in the West providing one of the greatest hatches in the West. They can be found in almost all Western streams and the hatch times vary depending on the elevations.

Western Green Drake Nymph are crawler nymphs that live in the fast to moderately fast water and migrate to the calmer water to emerge (hatch). The movement is usually short and ends in the pockets of pocket water streams or calmer areas along a bank. The Drunella dodsi and grandis species of the Western Green Drake nymphs are very close in appearance but the doddsi nymphs prefer colder faster moving water. Both can be found in the same waters.

These somewhat stocky crawler nymphs are usually brown or black/brown in color, with three very short tails and are not good swimmers. A major difference between the nymphs is that the doddsi nymphs will move from their fast water habitat to slower moving water before emerging to hatch while the grandis species usually hatch in the moderate water where they live.

Presentation:

From a hatch chart determine when a hatch is about to take place and a few days prior to the hatch the nymphs will be moving to the slower water to hatch. This is the time to fish the fly from the faster water into the slower or calmer water. Use the weight as necessary to keep the Perfect Fly Nymph on or near the bottom. In the faster streams with pocket water, rig the imitation nymph to drift just above the bottom. Watch your line and leader for a take or for more confidence use a strike indicator. If you make very short up and across casts, hold your rod high on the swing Then you can feel the trout take the fly. In smoother water, cast up to 25 feet with an up and across presentation. Then follow the drift to the down and across position.