Cream Variant, Yellow Drake (varia) Ephemeroptera(Mayfly) Family: ephemeridae Genus: ephemera Species: varia Common Name: Cream Variant, Yellow Drake Important varia Statistics Size: 13-16 mm Water Temp: 60 - 70F Hook: #8 2x long Emerging: Dusk; earlier on cool days Hatch Date: From late June into August(Catskills) Habitat: Most trout water Silty bottom SPECIES LIFE STAGE HOOK BODY COLOR WING COLOR TAIL COLOR varia dun #8 cream medium texture ginger varia spinner #8 Cream Variant Comments: Nymph Float the nymph pattern with twitches and pull to the surface at the end of the float. Dun Look for cool water, springs, deeper water, side streams ect. Move to casting position very quietly and cast with minimum of commotion as trout are very wary in the low water conditions of mid summer. Compara dun style is best pattern. Be aware that trout may be taking the potomanthus distinctus which could also be hatching at this time of summer. Spinner Spinner falls at dusk very similar to E. guttulata Mayfly |Entomology |Trout |flyfishing copyright©2000flyfisherusa