Snowshoe Emerger

Since it’s an emerger pattern, it will only float above the surface for so long and then begin to sink.  If the fish take it on the surface, apply dry fly duster to the body like “frogs fanny” and keep it afloat using it as often as needed.  If it sinks and fish eat it, ditch the duster and just let it sink.  Start with dusting it first, you can always submerge it and get it wet to get the duster off.

I prefer to fish this with a mayfly dry fly in front like a parachute adams and then use 18-24 inches of tippet that is one tippet strength smaller than whatever I have tied onto my dry fly.  Then fish it like you would any dry fly, upstream presentation dead-drifted back to you.

If you find they are eating it as a sunken emerger, you can change the tippet out for flourocarbon and it will sink faster and easier and may help to get you more strikes.