Beginner Fly Tying a Hemingway’s Green Drake with Jim Misiura

One more of Jim Misiura’s beginner, easy-to-follow recipes – this time a Green Drake dun (Ephemera Danica mayfly) using Hemingway’s realistic parts. Thank you Jim for sharing.

Ingredients

To tie Jim Misiura’s Hemingway’s Green Drake, you need the following:

• Hook: 2XL Dry Hook #10, try Maruto D21 Hooks
• Thread: 6/0 Thread in Gray Olive
• Body: Hemingway’s Ephemera Danica Tube Body & Wings Set
• Wings: Hemingway’s Mayfly Realistic Wings
• Hackle: CDC Feathers in Natural Light Brown

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