Green Drake
Best Flies for the Green Drake Hatch
- Green Drake Dry Fly
- Eastern Green Drake
- Green Drake Cripple
- Colorado Green Drake
- Green Drake Paradrake
Best time: Late spring to early summer
Water: Rivers with moderate to fast current
Size: Typically 8–12
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Start with large, high-floating patterns during active hatches and adjust to emergers if trout refuse dry flies.
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Bi-Wing Drake - Umpqua - Mayfly Dry Fly
$3.86Original price $4.29Original price $4.29 - Original price $4.29Original price $4.29$3.86 - $3.86Current price $3.86| /My search for a viable Green Drake pattern took years to develop. Catching the hatch each year to test my latest creations became an obsession. My...
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Butch's Drake - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /While this pattern has been around for a while, one of our beloved local customers keeps raiding his old guide boxes and leaving his version for u...
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Challenged Drake - RIO - Mayfly Dry Fly
$2.03Original price $2.25Original price $2.25 - Original price $2.25Original price $2.25$2.03 - $2.03Current price $2.03| /The "Challenged" represents an emerging mayfly pattern; offered here in numerous color and size options to cover most of the major varieties that h...
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Christiaens' GT Adult - Montana Fly Co - Mayfly Dry Fly
$2.93Original price $3.25Original price $3.25 - Original price $3.25Original price $3.25$2.93 - $2.93Current price $2.93| /It's a great all-around mayfly dry The klinkhammer-style curved hook leaves much of the fly's body under the surface, represents a struggling emer...
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Colorado Green Drake - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /The Green Drake hatch is legendary in many places. This variation has white wings to make it more visible and well hackled to make it more buoyant...
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Eastern Green Drake - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Be ready for this powerful hatch! Designed to be fished where the Ephemera guttulata calls home, but also a great searching pattern as well, and w...
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Eastern Green Drake Nymph
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Film Critic - Umpqua
$3.32Original price $3.69Original price $3.69 - Original price $3.69Original price $3.69$3.32 - $3.32Current price $3.32| /Bob Quigley, the king of the "film” designed the Film Critic to match mayflies at their most vulnerable stage of the hatch, while emerging from nym...
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Green Drake - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /The Green Drake hatch is legendary in many places. When it is on, don't be without these. Perhaps no fly causes more confusion than this one, many...
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Green Drake Cripple - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Fish are opportunistic feeders the quickest, easiest, and biggest meal is the one they are generally going to be attracted to first. With this in ...
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Green Drake Foam - Solitude - Mayfly Dry Fly
$2.76Original price $3.07Original price $3.07 - Original price $3.07Original price $3.07$2.76 - $2.76Current price $2.76| /The Green Drake Foam is a simple yet effective dry fly pattern. A foam extended body gives this fly the profile while keeping it floating high.
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Green Drake Paradrake - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /This high profile pattern causes fish to slap loudly on the take. Green Drakes hatches can be a frenzy of activity, be ready for the action with t...
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Green Drake Poxyback
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /This pattern has great action and attraction. Use for the nymph and emerger, as the poxyback imitates the shine the wingcase takes on right befor...
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Green Drake Wet Fly
$1.09Original priceOriginal price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price$1.09 - $1.09Current price $1.09| /A great early season pattern; where ever green drakes inhabit. Fish these during emerging green drake hatch.
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Mustard Greens
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /This is a customer requested pattern from back East! A gawdy little green drake emerger/nymph that swings and drifts with a vengance. An all arou...
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Parachute Green Drake - Mayfly Dry Fly
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Point Drake Tungsten - RIO (Barbless)
$3.20Original priceOriginal price $3.20 - Original price $3.20Original price$3.20 - $3.20Current price $3.20| /When screening riffles to see what nymphs are present, we've noticed how Green Drakes tend to look like "baetis in a snow suit", like the kid from ...
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Spotts’ Western Green Drake - Fulling Mill - Mayfly Dry Fly
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How to Fish Green Drake Hatches
Green Drake hatches are one of the most exciting events in fly fishing, with large mayflies that often bring aggressive trout to the surface. Timing and presentation are key during this short but intense hatch.
- Fish nymphs before surface activity begins
- Switch to emergers as trout begin keying on rising insects
- Use large dry flies when trout are actively feeding on the surface
When Green Drake Hatches Occur
Green Drake hatches typically occur in late spring to early summer and are influenced by water temperature and river conditions.
- Most common from May through June
- Often strongest in the afternoon and evening
- Short hatch windows—timing is critical
Fly Selection Tips for Green Drake
Green Drakes are large mayflies, so size and visibility are critical when selecting flies.
- Use larger patterns (sizes 8–12) to match the hatch
- High-floating dry flies improve visibility and drift
- Emergers can be effective when trout are feeding just below the surface