Guide
IllustrationGreen Wulff
Dry#10–12green / oliveBest: May–Jun
When to use
A buoyant, visible Irish mayfly dry for western loughs and rivers during the green-drake hatch. It is chosen for rougher water and wave because it rides high and is easy to track and dibble.
Imitates
Green drake or mayfly dun.
Team position
Single fly, or bob-style mayfly dry on Irish lough tactics.
Best methods
Dry, staticDibbled
Dressing
- Hook
- dry fly, #10-12
- Thread
- olive
- Tail
- moose or natural deer hair
- Body
- olive polypropylene or a yellow-and-medium-olive fur blend
- Rib
- light olive floss
- Hackle
- grizzle cock dyed yellow
- Wing
- moose or sable hair, tied upright
- Head
- olive thread head
Documented Green Drake Wulff dressing retained as the mainstream Green Wulff reference.
Pairs with
Retrieve & line
- Fished dry and static — floating line
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