Western Green Drake
Green drakes prefer cold, highly oxygenated water. Streams with both vegetation and
rock bottoms may support green drakes. Normally the hatches start when the water
temperature starts to approach fifty degrees Fahrenheit. This hatch usually only last for a
very few days. Under cloudy conditions, it is possible for each day’s hatch may last for
three or four hours. On bright, sunny days, it usually last only for an hour or so. The
hatch usually occurs mid-morning to around noon but this can vary some with local
conditions.
There are two major species that anglers need to be concerned with. Our flies match
both species well. It is not necessary to have two different flies for the stages of the
Green Drakes life. They are the grandis and the doddsi species and other subspecies in
the Drunella genus. The doddsi species usually follows the grandis hatch a short time,
maybe two weeks or so. The doddsi nymphs and duns are generally a tiny bit smaller in
size than the grandis. They are often found in the same water. The doddsi species
seems to prefer higher elevations and faster water. The grandis specie is found in slower
moving water than the doddsi.
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