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Olive Dragon

Tied by Bruce Curry

Recipe

Hook #4 - # 8 Long shank
Thread 6/0 or 140 to match colour of the fly
Legs Grizzly marabou, substitute with partridge or any soft fibred feather
Body Zonker strip
Wing Case Primary turkey feather treated with flexament, substitute with raffia or nymph skin
Head Rabbit dubbing, substitute with squirrel or synthetic dubbing blends
   
   
Fish olive/green patterns during the warmer months and olive/brown patterns during the winter months.
Retrieve the fly with short 5mm strips followed by a pause.

Recipe courtesy  www.flytalk.co.za