Green Drakes: "Do They Bite?"

May 10, 2007 By: Marshall Cutchin

“Green Drake hatches are drawn out affairs. The duns will begin to emerge when water temperature is above fifty degrees and continue to emerge sporadically throughout the rest of the day. Trout take them as targets of opportunity rather than settling into a feeding lie and waiting for the next one off the assembly line.” George Grant describes the hatch cycle of green drakes and various techniques for fishing during emergence and the spinner fall. On Tri-Cities.com.