Green Paradrake Tying Instructions |
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Actual Western Green Drake |
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Notes: The Paradrake pattern, also known as a Paradun, is an extended hair-body that was developed by Carl Richards and Doug Swisher in 1971. Richards and Swisher used hen hackle for the wing posts on smaller flies but suggested Deer or Elk Hair for the wing posts on larger mayfly patterns such as the Drakes. The hair body was secured with the butt sections just behind the eye of the hook and the tips extending over the bend of the hook, wrapped as an extended body. Mike Lawson brought the Paradrake pattern to it's current form with the addition of a Bullethead where he attached the butts with the tips facing forward, then pulled the tips back over the butts for a "bullethead". Mike also popularized the pattern as it was perfect for the large Green Drake hatches on the Henry's Fork. He kept a fish bowl filled with these patterns within his fly shop. John Gierach wrote of this in his book, "Death, Taxes, and Leaky Waders"(2000):
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Brown Paradrake |
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Actual Brown Drake |
Hexagenia Paradrake |
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Actual Hexagenia |
Gray Paradrake Tying Instructions |
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Actual Gray Drake |