Green Drake
Ephemera guttulata
MayflyEvening
Water-temperature trigger
30°F58–70°Fpeak 65°F80°F
- Duration
- 2 weeks
- Also called
- Eastern Green Drake · Coffin Fly (spinner)
Top fly patterns
- Green Drake Parachute #8-10
- Coffin Fly Spinner #10
- Green Drake Comparadun #10
- Green Drake Nymph #10
Brief but legendary. The biggest fish in the river will eat these — even fish that never rise to anything else. Penns Creek is the most famous Green Drake river in the East.