Green Drake

Materials

• Hook#10 or #12Firehole Sticks 551
• Slotted Tungsten Bead4.5mmRaven and Wolf - Gold
• Lead Wire0.5mmSEMPERFLI - 3-6 turns
• Thread150D (6/0)SEMPERFLI Classic Waxed Thread, Olive
• Pheasant PatchCascade Crest, Olive
• Wire0.2mm (Fine)SEMPERFLI, Copper or Gold
• DubbingSEMPERFLI Scud Dubbing, Peacock
• Braid1/16th SmallKreinik Fly Fishing Flat Braid, Tangerine
• BraidCascade Crest Holographic Flat Braid, Black
• DubbingSEMPERFLI Scud Dubbing, Peacock

Materials

• Antron dubbingFor the shuck; noted for its softness and sheen, not as stiff as regular Antron
• Thread
• Foamfor the wing case
• Hackleclipped into a V-shape

Materials

• Hook#10Firehole Sticks 618 Foam & Nymph
• Thread12/0Semperfli Classic Waxed Thread - Fl. Yellow
• DubbingWapsi Super Fine Dry Fly Dubbing - Olive
• YarnSparkle Emerger Yarn - Black
• Antron YarnAntron Yarn - Carded - Black
• Yarn (alternative)Bett's Z-Lon - Black - Standard
• Foam2mmFly Tying Foam - Olive
• FibersEP Trigger Point Int'l Fibers - Dark Dun

Materials

• Hook#10Curved-shank / curved-tuck hook (he mentions a "2048" — likely Tiemco TMC 2048), for an extended body
• Thread12/0Black, Benecchi
• Mallard FeatherTail / body / wing: A single mallard flank feather (one feather does all three - tail, body, split wings)
• DubbingBlack rabbit
• HackleTwo feathers wound together - one badger and one black (rooster hackle)
• UV Resin or Head CementUsed sparingly to glue the hackle flat so the fly lays flush

Materials

• HookCaddis hook (the finished fly is tied on a caddis hook; the extended body is proportioned to 2/3 the shank of a 2X-long dry fly hook)
• ThreadBlack (light thread base on the needle first, then switched to black on the hook)
• Fly foam,3mmWhite, cut from a ¼-inch section and trimmed to a taper
• Moose body fibersSized to 1½ times the body length, splayed
• Poly YarnWhite, combed out and mounted spent/figure-eighted
• DubbingBlack, superfine dubbing
• Finishing touchMarker to add veining (top and bottom) on the wings

Materials

• HookStandard dry fly, 1X fine, TMC 100 or TMC 102Y
• Thread6/0 or 8/0
• Trailing ShuckWrapped marabou or pheasant tail
• RibbingX-Small wire
• Over ShuckZ-Lon or Antron ribbed with wire
• WingEnrico Puglisi Trigger Point fibers
• HackleRooster neck or saddle hackle