The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
March Brown, Brown Drake, Isonychia and 1 others
Hard - 7-10 Min
Coldwater
Due to the very specific nature of this pattern, there aren’t many substitutions that can be made, but some slight variations can provide the advantage to you on the river:
This is a very specific pattern, so there aren’t many variations that are possible on the fly. Vary the color scheme of your fly to better imitate the best drake hatch in your local waters. Also don’t forget that you can vary the number of segments in your extended body.
The Foam Extended Body Drake (or BDE Drake) is a really nicely floating fly. You won’t have any problems keeping this guy on the surface and will catch a lot of fish during your local drake hatch with this fly. It’s big and juicy to attract the hungriest of trout in the stream and so buoyant that you can drop whatever fly you like off of it without worrying about it getting waterlogged. There aren’t many times of the season that you can use this fly, but this is an excellent confidence boosting fish catcher that limits complications that you may face during many fishing situations.
Recognizing a hatch is critical if you’re tying this guy on. As fish follow the hatching Drakes up from the bottom, you’ll notice trout start rising up from the bottom of the water column to feed. When you notice this occuring around the time of Drake season, it’s time to bring in the rig and tie this fly on before things get crazy. A good strategy is to tie this BDE Drake on as a lead dry fly with an emerger drake behind it. You’ll likely notice that the emerger starts getting hit a lot as the insects draw near the surface. Once you see the first splashy rise of a Drake take, it’s game on. At this point you have a couple of options. Sticking with a BDE dry/dropper combo is never a bad call here, but going double dry fly with this guy makes for some remarkable fishing. Whichever you choose, don’t take long because you want to be fishing this fly during the hatch.
| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Northwest
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: East
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Midwest
Brown Drake Sizes: #10 - #14
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest, Midwest
Green Drake Sizes: #8 - #14
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Region: East
Green Drake Sizes: #8 - #14
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: East
Isonychia Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Southeast
Isonychia Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Midwest
Isonychia Sizes: #12 - #18
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, East
March Brown Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Northwest
March Brown Sizes: #10 - #14
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Region: Midwest
March Brown Sizes: #10 - #14
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