"Larry L" wrote in message
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"Thomas Littleton" wrote

Hook--12 standard dry fly
Thread--White 6/0
Body--piece of white poly yarn, about 2 inches long, singed to melt at
either end. Lash this to the body over hook point, extending to rear.


Do you have trouble with that long of piece of poly fouling under the hook
bend? I've tried similar ideas and did, is why I ask.

Borger's Damsel dry might be a good starting point?

off the top of my head

hook
body ...braided butt material ( this is sold in quanity as shooting line
for
shooting heads ) with a bump of thread under it to keep it from fouling in
the hook bend

body would be ( I've never seen a coffin fly ) black? poly yarn tied in as
parachute post

wing ... parachute hackle of right color and size

now separate the hackle at the front of the hook and pull the post down
and
tie it off to complete the fly

... same idea, different colors might make a good EGD spinner ?

btw what is the scientific name on this fly? We have three pretty
different
bugs in the Jellystone area that all go by the name Green Drake


No real problem with fouling of the poly, but I use a coarse poly yarn.
The taxinomical name of the bug at Penns is Ephemera Guttlatta or something
like that. Very close in classification to the European E. Danica.
Tom