Dry FlyintermediateRocky Mountain West
Green Drake
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Available Sizes#10 - #14
Color Variations
Olive/GreenDark OliveGray/Olive
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Signature tierStrong match
Rocky Mountain Fly Design
Matched on Rocky Mountain West, dry flies, trout. Colorado tier and shop lead for Rocky Mountain trout, bass, and predator patterns.
Rocky Mountain Westdry fliestrout
Visit sourceRegional shopStrong match
Taos Fly Shop
Matched on Rocky Mountain West, dry flies, trout. New Mexico/Southwest trout shop lead for Rio Grande, San Juan, Pecos, and high desert water.
Rocky Mountain Westdry fliestrout
Visit sourceBroad sourceStrong match
Fly Fish Food
Matched on dry flies, trout, mayfly. Strong technical tying and trout catalog coverage, especially nymphs, dries, and stillwater flies.
dry fliestroutmayfly
Visit sourceRegional shopStrong match
Dette Flies
Matched on dry flies, trout, mayfly. Catskill lineage fly shop with deep dry-fly, wet-fly, and Northeast trout relevance.
dry fliestroutmayfly
Visit sourceRegional shopStrong match
AZ Fly Shop
Matched on dry flies, trout, trout. Arizona and Southwest shop lead for desert trout, bass, canal carp, and warmwater patterns.
dry fliestrout
Visit sourceThe Green Drake hatch is the main event. For two or three weeks in early summer, the largest mayflies west of the Mississippi emerge, and every trout in the river forgets it has ever been caught. Brown trout that normally refuse to acknowledge your existence suddenly feed on the surface like tourists at a buffet. The hatch is brief, location-specific, and life-altering. Miss it, and you will spend the rest of the year checking hatch reports like a gambling addict checking odds.
Quick Facts
TypeDry Fly
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSummer
Target SpeciesRainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Cutthroat Trout
Sizes#10 - #14
Best LocationsHenry's Fork, ID; Frying Pan River, CO; Snake River, WY
Where to Fish It
Henry's Fork
ID · Spring Creek
Frying Pan River
CO · Tailwater
Snake River
WY · Freestone River
Map unavailable. Locations for Green Drake: Henry's Fork, ID; Frying Pan River, CO; Snake River, WY
Related Reading
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The Summer Guide: Long Days and Willing Fish
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hatch guide
The Complete Guide to Mayfly Hatches
Mayflies are the foundation of trout-stream entomology. This guide covers every major hatch — BWOs, PMDs, Green Drakes, Sulphurs, Tricos, and Hendricksons — with the biology, timing, and fly selections you need to fish them effectively across the country.
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