"Larry L" wrote in message
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I'm starting to tie up a stock for next year and on the list are Brown
Drake
look-a-likes.

Both my notes and my reference books make a "wiggle" nymph tied on two
hooks
with a hinge in the middle seem like a good idea. I've never fished
such
a tie and wonder ... are they really worth the effort or are they just
another sounds good and looks good in the vise but doesn't fish that well,
tie ...

I only get a very few days a year to try Brown Drake ties and I'm fairly
happy with my "emerger" but would like to try and extend this last light
hatch by fishing a nymph before the fish start surface feeding .... I've
had
good luck with this on the somewhat similar Hex hatch, but have never
tried
a wiggling fly


the only hex and drake nymph patterns I have fished are the "wiggle" type.
They are very useful bottom fished on deep holes in sandy areas on the
streams in northern michigan. On those waters they are very much worth the
effort.