User talk:Mike Cline/Articles Under Contemplation/Pale Morning Dun
| Mike Cline/Articles Under Contemplation/Pale Morning Dun | |
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| Artificial fly | |
 Pale Morning Dun | |
| Type | Dry fly |
| Imitates | Adult mayflies |
| Materials | |
| Typical sizes | 12-18 dry fly |
| Typical hooks | TMC 900, Firehole 419 |
| Thread | Light olive 8/0 |
| Tail | Light blue dun hackle fibers |
| Body | Olive yellow dubbing |
| Wing | Light dun hackle tips |
| Hackle | Light blue dun |
| Uses | |
| Primary use | Trout |
Pale Morning Duns or PMD is a broad group of mayfly patterns used by fly anglers to imitate Ephemerella mayfly adults, emerging adults, spinners and nymphs. They are often called Sulfurs. Pale Morning Dun adults are distinguished by a variety of illusive yellowish cream, sulfur, and yellowish greens bodies and light gray, yellow tinged wings.[1] Nymphs are typically olive, dark brown or cinnamon in color.[2] Spinners have a greenish tan (female) or reddish (male) body with translucent wings.[2]
History[edit]
General description[edit]
List of Pale Morn Dun patterns[edit]
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Adult imitations[edit]
As described in Flies for Trout, Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen (1993)[3]
- Pale Morning Dun (PMD)
- Pale Morning Dun, Hairwing, No Hackle
- Pale Morning Dun, No Hackle
- Pale Morning Dun, Tailwater Dun
- Pale Morning Dun, Thorax
- Sulfur Dun
- Sparkle Dun, Sulfur
- Poly Wing Spinner
As described in Trout Country Flies (2002), Bruce Staples[4]
- Beet fly
- Stauffer Pale Morning Dun
As described in Trout Flies-The Tier’s Reference (1999) by Dave Hughes [5]
- Pale Morning, Cut-wing Dun
- Pale Morning Compara-dun
- Pale Morning Hairwing Dun
- Pale Morning Quill Dun
- Pale Morning Quill Parachute
- Yellow-brown Body Compara Spinner
- Brown body Compara Spinner
- Cream Hackled Hen-wing Spinner
- Sulfur Polypro Spinner
- Syl’s PMD Spinner
- Pale Morning Dun Biot Spinner
Emerger imitations[edit]
As described in Trout Country Flies (2002), Bruce Staples[6]
- Pale Morning Dun Cripple
As described in Trout Flies-The Tier’s Reference (1999) by Dave Hughes [7]
- Sulfur Polypro Emerger
- CDC PMD Cripple Dun
- Sanger de Christopher Emerger, PMD
- Yellow-Olive Sparkle Dun
Nymph imitations[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Pale Morning Duns". Troutnut.com. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- ^ a b Richards, Carl; Swisher, Doug (1971). Selective Trout-A Dramatically New and Scientific Approach to Trout Fishing on Eastern and Western Rivers. New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 79–80.
- ^ Stewart, Dick; Allen, Farrow (1993). Flies for Trout. North Conway, NH: Mountain Pond Publishing. pp. 41–42. ISBN 0936644141.
- ^ Staples, Bruce. Trout Country Flies-From Greater Yellowstone Masters. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications. p. 58-69. ISBN 1571882480.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (1999). Trout Flies-The Tier's Reference. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. pp. 207–231. ISBN 978-0-8117-1601-7.
- ^ Staples, Bruce. Trout Country Flies-From Greater Yellowstone Masters. Portland, OR: Frank Amato Publications. p. 70-74. ISBN 1571882480.
- ^ Hughes, Dave (1999). Trout Flies-The Tier's Reference. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. pp. 170–186. ISBN 978-0-8117-1601-7.
