litobrancha recurvata
FAMILY
ephemeridae
GENUS
litobrancha
SPECIES
recurvata
NAME
Dark Green Drake
HOOK SIZE DRY
#8 4x long
HOOK SIZE WET
#6 3x long
WATER TEMPERATURE
HATCH DATE
Late May to early July
HATCH TIME
Dusk
FISHING TIPS
Water Type
Cold streams with rich silty bottoms. Generally slow.
Nymph
Cast upstream of your target fish and pull off the bottom when reaching the spot.
Emerger
Fish emerger pattern in surface film with movement to suggest a fly trying to escape its shuck.
Dun
Use long float with twitches to imitate duns.
Spinner
Use dun pattern dead drift.
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