Morning Dun (PMD) Mayfly

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PMD Paranymph	Sparkle Dun, Pale Orange	Hairwing Dun, Pale Pink
PMD Emerger	Fluttering Cripple, Pale Green	PMD Thorax, Pale Olive
Loop Wing Emerger	Fluttering Cripple, Pale Orange	Parachute Cream Puff
Hackle Stacker, Pale Green	PMD Cripple	CDC Spinner, Pale Orange
Hackle Stacker, Pale Orange	Loop Wing Paradun	Poly Spinner, Pinkish Orange
Sparkle Dun, Pale Olive	Hairwing Dun, Pale Olive	Pearl Wing Rusty Spinner
	PMD Nymphs

These small light colored may flies were designed for the angler who would rather sleep late. Pale Morning Duns (PMDs) usually hatch mid to late morning. But, during some magic days, hatches can continue into the late afternoon. In our local rivers these hatches start in June and run into August. From our observation, this seems to be a fairly diverse group. Top of body coloration can range from light

olive, to yellowish olive, to pale orange, to pink. Most typical top side coloration is usually pastel creamy yellow-olive with very light dun wings. Underside coloration can vary as much as the top side coloration. Belly colors range from light yellowish-olive to light olive or green and can even be pastel orange or pink. These flies can have olive backs and pink bellies. There can be many subtle color variations. Don't be afraid to catch and examine individual flies. Hatches can incorporate two or more sub-species coming off at the same time, or one hatch can quickly follow another. One kind can be slightly larger. The fish can be very, very picky; keying on the minutest detail. The selection of flies listed below will cover all of the sizes and colors that we've encountered.

Evidently changing from nymph to dun is an arduous task for PMDs. Many get hung-up in the nymphal shuck and are crippled or still-born. Healthy insects are most vulnerable when sliding from their nymphal skin. At this stage they can neither swim, nor fly. Some trout will completely ignore healthy duns and key only on deformed insects, or target insects that are "hung in the shuck". Be patient and observe closely. Paranymphs, Emergers, Sparkle Duns and Cripples can match hatching PMDs. Try fishing a sparkle Dun on a dropper and a Cripple on the point.

Trout can feed ravenously on duns during peak hatches. If this happens in soft riffle water, you can experience some of the worlds best small dry fly fishing. The patterns listed below span a number of colors and silhouettes. All are appropriate at times. PMD behavior can vary between species and different stages of the hatch.

PMD spinner falls can create great fishing in slow water or back eddies.

PMD Paranymph This is a PMD nymph hanging with its body below the surface of the water. the light colored thorax gives the impression that a dun is emerging from the front of the fly. The wing post and light colored hackle virtually disappears from the fish in the mid-day glare. However the poly wing post floats high, even in the roughest water and is easy to see for fishermen.
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Q305-16	PMD Paranymph	16	3 for $5.85
Q305-18	PMD Paranymph	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Emerger A floating nymph pattern. Apply fly floatant to the tuft of Antron that forms the stubby white wing. Saturate the rest of the fly with saliva. That will allow the fly to ride against the underside of the surface film, often at a head-up angle, mimicking the real nymphs. This can be a deadly fly, especially in the first stages of a hatch. This fly works best in smoother water.
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4005-18	PMD Emerger	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Loop Wing Emerger This is more of a struggling emerger pattern or still born type of pattern, which mimics a fly that is hung up in the shuck. This pattern can be very effective on hatches of olive toned flies.
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1075-18	PMD Loop Wing Emerger	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Hackle Stacker, Pale Green This trailing-shuck dun rides with its belly flat on the water or the body slightly submerged. Hackle Stackers land very lightly and ride equally well on rough or slick water surfaces.
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Q1028-16	PMD Hackle Stacker, Pale Green	16	3 for $5.85
Q1028-18	PMD Hackle Stacker, Pale Green	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Hackle Stacker, Pale Orange This is an extremely effective fly for PMD hatches that are pink-bellied and emerge from rust colored nymphs.
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Q1027-16	PMD Hackle Stacker, Pale Orange	16	3 for $5.85
Q1027-18	PMD Hackle Stacker, Pale Orange	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Sparkle Dun, Pale Olive We first read about Sparkle Duns in an article by Craig Mathews in Fly Fisherman Magazine. Prior to that PMD hatches were often frustrating for us. After we started using these trailing-shuck flies, PMD hatches got easier. On our rivers, several subspecies of PMD type mayflies are pale olive on the back.
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1072-16	PMD Sparkle Dun, Pale Olive	16	3 for $5.85
1072-18	PMD Sparkle Dun, Pale Olive	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Sparkle Dun, Pale Orange Often when you examine a PMD that appears to be pale olive on the back, when you turn it up side down, you will find that the belly is pale orange. The problem is that the trout can tell the difference and you better have both colors of flies with you.
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1070-16	PMD Sparkle Dun, Pale Orange	16	3 for $5.85
1070-18	PMD Sparkle Dun, Pale Orange	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Fluttering Cripple, Pale Green This unusual looking Bob Quigley pattern is meant to dangle through the surface film and mimic a PMD that has been able to emerge most of the way from the nymphal shuck, but is trapped and crippled. Apply floatant to the wings and hackle and saturate the rear of the fly with saliva.
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Q1004-18	PMD Fluttering Cripple, Pale Green	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Fluttering Cripple, Pale Orange This is an orange tone PMD that is trapped and unable to eject the shuck. It lies helpless, half in and half out of the surface film. Apply floatant to the wings and hackle and saturate the rear of the fly with saliva.
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Q1005-18	PMD Fluttering Cripple, Pale Orange	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Cripple This cripple is tied to show mor of the nymph than the dun and is often the most effective pattern to use during the early stages of a PMD hatch. Apply floatant to the wings and hackle and saturate the rear of the fly with saliva.
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4102-18	PMD Cripple	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Loop Wing Paradun This is a very effective pattern to use when visibility is poor. The white wing post is often easier to see than more realistic colored flies. It can be used to simulate duns or in some cases as a spinner pattern. This is one of the more popular flies during PMD hatches on Willamette Valley streams.
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Q228-18	PMD Loop Wing Paradun	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Hairwing Dun, Pale Olive Mark Bachmann developed this fly pattern for the lower Deschutes River where PMD hatches emerge from rough textured water early in the season. This fly is a good floater and has accounted for many large Redsides.
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4011-18	PMD Hairwing Dun, Pale Olive	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Hairwing Dun, Pale Pink Mark Bachmann developed this fly pattern for the lower Deschutes River where PMD hatches emerge from rough textured water early in the season. The quill body produces a slim profile matching the real duns. The #16 size matches the earliest hatches of "Pink Alberts".
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4012-16	PMD Hairwing Dun, Pale Pink	16	3 for $5.85
4012-18	PMD Hairwing Dun, Pale Pink	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Thorax, Pale Olive The Thorax Dun comes from the fertile mind and ample fly tying skills of Mike Lawson. This yellowish olive body fly more closely matches PMDs that hatch from streams in the Rocky Mountain States.
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15961	PMD Thorax, Pale Olive	16	3 for $5.85
15962	PMD Thorax, Pale Olive	18	3 for $5.85

Parachute Cream Puff This fly is very popular for imitating Pale Morning Dun Mayflies on our local rivers on both sides of the Cascades. Hatches can start in early May and continue through August. This easy to see parachute fly was first ordered as a custom tie by Dick Crossley and was known as the Crossley Cream Puff.
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4100-16	Parachute Cream Puff	16	3 for $5.85
4100-18	Parachute Cream Puff	18	3 for $5.85

PMD CDC Spinner, Pale Orange This fly pattern came from the work of Mark Bachmann & Brian Silvey who were guiding anglers in the Warm Springs to Trout Creek section of the Deschutes in approximately 1990. That season blizzard hatches of pink PMDs created dense spinner falls that created voracious feeding frenzies in the back eddies every afternoon in late July and much of August. These spinners had pale orange bodies and wings that were milky orangish/pink in color. CDC wings proved to
be the answer. If you had this fly, you were into the fish. If your fly was tied different, it was usually less productive. During the winter after this hatch, Mark and Brian tied feverishly to have enough spinners for the following season. That season very few of these spinners were seen, and they created very little interest from the trout. It was four seasons before this hatch reached enough density to create good fishing again, and has never again reached mega-hatch importance of 1990. Obviously this hatch is very cyclic, but when it is happening trout tend to refuse or ignore every other fly. You better have a few, just in case it happens this year.
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4018-18	PMD CDC Spinner, Pale Orange	18	3 for $5.85

PMD Poly Spinner, Pinkish Orange Most pale orange or pink PMD spinners have transparent wings and this fly is a good match. When these light colored spinners are on the water trout will often target them. The real spinners are often very difficult for anglers to see on the water, even when the surface is smooth. Carrying a pair of binoculars to study the hatches can be a big help.
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3160-18	PMD Poly Spinner, Pinkish Orange	18	3 for $5.85

Pearl Wing Rusty Spinner Some PMD spinners are rusty color. This fly also matches spinners of other species of mayflies and is a must-have pattern for every trout fishers fly box. Pearl Wing Spinners are very low floaters and will often sink in rough water. Don't despair, trout often feed on these spinners after they have sunk.
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01101-16	Pearl Wing Rusty Spinner	16	3 for $5.85
01101-18	Pearl Wing Rusty Spinner	18	3 for $5.85

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