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Hook: Dry Fly #8-#12
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: Moose Fibers
Body Extension: Dyed Elk Hair
Body: Brown or Olive Dubbing
Wing: Deer Hair
Parchute: Grizzly Hackle

Tying Instructions:
First attach the black thread. The first material that must go on is the upright wing. Get a pinch of deer hair and tie it on the top of the hook with the tips sticking over the eye of the hook. Measure the deer hair so that it will have the appropriate height when it is put upright. Use the picture to get an idea. Make several wraps of thread under the deer hair at the location you want it to stick up. Once the wing is in place tie in the hackle. Tie it on so that it sticks up with the wing, do not wrap it yet. Now get the material needed for the extended body and tail. Attach these at the curve of the hook with the appropriate lenght. Every tier has different preferences for the length of the extended body and can be changed due to variations in hatches. You should have 3 fibers evenly spaced out of moose for the actual tail. Now to get the extended body to stick up slightly you need to wrap the thread back on the dyed elk hair. To get it to stick up properly you need to tightly wrap thread around it. Wrap towards the tail once and back down to the body, the extended body portion should have a weaving pattern of thread visible on it. Now use your dubbing material and dub the body forward to the eye. Once the body is dubbed you can do the hackle. The first wrap of the hackle should be the highest on the wing and every wrap after that slightly lower. 3 wraps is a common number and then tie it down just behind the eye of the hook. Now tie off your thread for the completed fly.

Fly Information:
This fly is to imitate the Green Drake that it is named after. This very large mayfly that comes out can excite even the biggest trout and get them to the surface. I have personally seen some very massive hatches of the green drake in Yellowstone National Park. This fly is a bit tricky to tie and it may take some practice. It can be tied in many colors but olive is the most popular color because of the natural color of a green drake.