12 Mayfly trout flies, Barbed or barbless drakes, Green,Grey & Yellow early season top flies, May and June Must Haves (Barbless)

• Designed to float on the surface of the water, a delicate presentaion
• Use a small amount of floatant on these to keep the buoyant, rub into the hackle
• Spent mayflies will be in abundance when they are hatching to breed
• Chemically sharpened barbed strong hooks
• Professionally tied flies, lasting and strong

The drake trout fly is most popular in the early season. The term Drake originates from the feathers used in the wing of this fly. It is tied in a fan style. The grey drake is the female version where the green is the male version. Drakes are large insects and evidently taste really good to trout. When they hatch in good numbers the trout forget all other foods and target them only. A dense hatch of Drakes can bring the largest trout to the surface. Look around on the fishing day to see if there is a hatch around, don't be without them in your fly box, especially in May and June The spent flies need no introduction they of course represent the dead mayflies on the surface