Post by Adirondackflytyer on Mar 14, 2011 7:16:26 GMT -5
Went to a local sportsmans show this morning and picked up the most recent issue of New York Outdoor News (a local newspaper publication). Note on top.....SPECIAL FLY FISHING EDITION.
Inside...a bit of info on the green drake hatch and is as follows:
Ed Van Put chronicled the creation of the "Coffin Fly" in his book "Trout Fishing in The Catskills," detailing how renowned Catskill fly tyers Walt and Winnie Dette developed their famous creation. The fly was developed by Walt Dette and Ted Townsend in 1929 and is still in use today. Townsend had just returned from a funeral, thus the name of the pattern. The original fly was tied to match the green drake spinner, with an exotic material that you cant get today - polar bear fur.
Obviously, you cant get polar bear fur now, but there are alot of good patterns to imitate the nymph, emerger, dun and spinner of the green drake. One thing to think about is that the natural is big, at over an inch long, and the body of the natural curls. Thus extended-body patterns imitate the shape of the real thing alot better without having to have a ridiculously long hook.
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