Slate Drake with Lively Legz, Holsinger's Fly Shop

The Slate Drake AKA Isonychia nymph is a large Mayfly species. This pattern is one that a Lively Legz customer tied and they shared on their social media pages. I was asked to tie this for a custom order after one of my customers saw this on the Lively Legz page. Although this fly is very similar to a Scott's Big Nymph, for my style of fishing this is my preferred pattern for an Isonychia. It's a great looking fly and the antron yarn is a lot easier to work with than the turkey feathers. Also I add more weight to this fly compared to Scott's Big Nymph which helps with my sink rate and makes up for the drag that the Lively Legz would make when sinking

Like always, I am putting the material list below with links to the products if you need to order any of the materials. Thanks for watching. -Shawn

Materials

Firehole 718 Size 10

Firehole Beads 3.5mm Black

Lead Wire .015

140 Denier Dark Gray Thread

140 Denier white Thread

Ostrich Herl Brown

Small Sculpin Olive Ultra Wire

Dark Brown Antron Yarn

Whitlock's Dubbing Blends
Stonefly Nymph Gills

Red Squirrel Nymph Thorax

Large Brown Lively Legz

[pawoodsnwater]

Hi Shawn! Great looking variation, I’ll have to tie up a few of those. Thanks for the shoutout

[mikewalters]

Great Looking pattern!!.. Good Job !! Thanks for sharing this pattern with us.

[jamesvatter]

Great looking fly, Shawn. You keep tying these lively legs patterns and you'll eventually break my stubbornness! I just haven't been able to give in to using them yet.

[majinlotv]

hey shawn, its harry down in Pittsburgh, question for you can u use white glow-brite instead of regular white or will it spook the fish?

[jasonrodkey]

i fish a lot of emerger can u do some emerger video for me like caddie pupa mayfly with cdc