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Still hopeful that our time in Roscoe will coincide with a Green Drake hatch, I have taken the liberty of poaching Sylvester Nemes' Green Drake Soft Hackle pattern and "easternized" it by making the body more yellow than was his version. Nemes' premise was that the extra hackle volume, especially with the stiffer cock hackle propping it up, would help keep this larger fly near the top of the water column.

Hook: Mustad 3906B, Size #10
Thread: Uni 8/0, Camel
Hackles: Two dyed olive partridge neck feathers over a gold-tipped badger cock hackle
Tail: Three moose body hairs
Rib: Dull finish gold wire
Body: Blend of European hare dyed olive (thinks to Ruard) and Hareline Dubbin Antique Gold #28

I need that pattern for the Roaring Fork here in Colorado.... I am being a tightwad, and will not buy a dyed olive partridge skin.... You make it hard not to buy one Bill!

My word that's an awesome pattern!

DUBBN wrote:I need that pattern for the Roaring Fork here in Colorado.... I am being a tightwad, and will not buy a dyed olive partridge skin.... You make it hard not to buy one Bill!

My word that's an awesome pattern!

Koolade? Or some kind of food colouring and have a go dying a few feathers for your own use rather than buy the whole pre-dyed skin?

Nice work on "adjusting" a pattern to suit your needs tie2fish, hope it works well for you in the coming days.

Nice looking tie (and fly)

Beautiful fly. Wayne, you could get an olive permanent marker and dye up a few feathers.

JohnP wrote:Beautiful fly. Wayne, you could get an olive permanent marker and dye up a few feathers.

I did..... You will never see a picture of them. Terrible looking patterns. I was so embarrassed with the end product I tied up a couple San Juan Worms just to feel clean again.

DUBBN, Howdy;

Instead of koolaid you could use the State Desert of Utah ...Lime Jell-O

just a thought... I'm duckin' an runnin' .................

hank

hankaye wrote:DUBBN, Howdy;

Instead of koolaid you could use the State Desert of Utah ...Lime Jell-O

just a thought... I'm duckin' an runnin' .................

hank

That is SO funny, because it's true! LOL

Nemes' premise was that the extra hackle volume, especially with the stiffer cock hackle propping it up, would help keep this larger fly near the top of the water column.

Very cool--one of my (many ) obsessions lately has been been how different materials interact "structurally" in current--definitely looking forward to a fishing report, though you might have trouble convincing yourself the trout didn't take it as a cicada.

Lovely fly. The hungry fish will be wanting to grab a hold of this one!