riverman wrote:





I remember my first green drake, at least I think thats what it was. I
posted on roff about it. My overwhelming thought was of recognition from all
the pictures I had seen. It was an amazing feeling.


if i hadn't the good fortune to be fishing with mike makela at the time,
i never would have known the bug was a green drake. it was tan in color
and not as huge as i was expecting, and because of the near dark, its
green tint in the wings couldn't be seen. makela nabbed it from a nearby
tree leaf. we then fished using a huge green drake fly...both of us
hooked up. my fish, a brown, was about 14 to 15", the last fish hooked
on that day, and it went wildly airborne. on the second leap, it threw
the hook. pretty neat stuff...

jeff