Hook Size: 6/8
The Perfect Fly Great Olive Wing Drake Emerger with trailing shuck is an excellent imitation of the actual emerger as it sheds its skin near the surface of the water as it changes into a dun. Great Olive Wing Drake emerge in the afternoons. It looks more like the dun than the nymph. The fly should be fished just under the surface or in the surface skim.
The Great Olive-Winged Drakes start hatching very late in the day and continue into the
night. They usually hatch in the summer. The emerging nymphs swim to the surface
where they shed their nymphal skin and hatch into duns. They drift in the surface skim a
short ways when they do this. The Perfect Fly Great Olive-winged Drake Emerger has a
trailing shuck that imitates the freshly emerged dun with the nymphal skin still attached to
the tail of the dun. It is a very effective fly if used at the right time and that is, of course,
during the hatch. Trout feed on the nymphs when they are at this particular stage of the
hatch.
Presentation:
The fly may be brought from the bottom to the surface on the swing or you may allow the
fly to dead drift just under the surface. An up and across presentation would be preferred
if there is much current. You may need to try a down and across presentation in slower
moving, or slick calm water. Remember, you will be fishing at dusk and into the evening. It
is best to get into a position that you can best see your drift. You want be able to see the
fly, but you can watch the tip end of the line for any change in movements indicating a
strike.
You can also try an up and across, on the swing, presentation, allowing the fly to come
back to the surface at the end of the downstream drift. You are attempting to imitate the
nymphs swimming to the surface to hatch. Stopping the rod tip at the end of the drift will
accomplish this if there is any current.
Copyright 2013 James Marsh
