Brown Drake Nymph
Hook: TMC 200R # 10 or
Mustad 9672 # 12
Thread: Tan
Tail:
Partridge, ˝ the body length
Ribbing: Copper
Wire
Back:
Oak Turkey or Scud Back
Abdomen:
Tannish Yellow dubbing
Gills: Yellow
CDC or Ostrich
Thorax: Red Fox Squirrel dubbing
mixed with Tannish Yellow, thickly dubbed.
Wing Case:
Dark Turkey, epoxied
Legs:
Partridge
Note: I found this pattern in a
fly shop, and it appears to be loosely based on the Mike Mercer
series of ‘poxy-back nymphs.
Brown Drake
Emerger
Hook: #10 TMC5212
Thread:
Tan
Tail:
Wood Duck, body length
Abdomen: Tannish
Yellow turkey biot
Thorax:
Thickly dubbed Tannish Yellow dubbing
Hackle:
Brown Partridge
Wings:
Two light dun CDC feathers, laid back, back to back.
Note: This is an emerger pattern
sent to me by House of Harrop
Brown Drake
Cripple
Hook: #10 TMC5212
Thread:
Tan
Tail:
Wood Duck with rusty z-lon over half, sparse
Body:
Tannish Yellow Turkey Biot
Thorax:
Thickly dubbed Tannish Yellow dubbing
Wing:
CDC
Hackle:
Tannish Yellow dyed Grizzly
Note: This pattern is from a Brown
Drake Cripple sent to me by House of Harrop.
Brown Drake Dun
Hook: #12 Dry Fly TMC100
or Mustad 94840
Wing:
Partridge, two feathers with concave sides together
Extended body:
Wood Duck
Abdomen: Alternating yellow
and brown quills
Thorax:
Thickly dubbed Tannish Yellow dubbing
Hackle:
Ginger, tied thorax style, clipped on the bottom
Note:
This pattern is based loosely on Mike Lawson’s extended body Green
Drake.
Brown Drake
Spinner
Hook: #10 TMC5212
Tail: 3 Moose body hair fibers, splayed
Abdomen:
Tan turkey biot
Thorax: Thickly dubbed Tannish
Yellow dubbing
Wings: Brown Partridge
Hackle: Grizzly
Note: This pattern is taken from
a Brown Drake Spinner sent to me by House of Harrup.