Favorite PMD pattern

After taking a look at Byron Haugh's beautiful PMD, I was wondering what is your favorite PMD pattern?
If you use hackle what color do you find best?
What color body and what color thread?
Take care,
Jim

Jim,

I like John Barr's Viz-a-Dun; biot abdomen, dubbed thorax, light dun wing (Congo fiber) and light ginger hackle.

Regards,
Scott

Jim,

I have had really good luck with this one.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...1/DSCN1560.jpg

During the Idaho Fish-In I had trout rising all over the place and had nothing they wanted in a dry fly. I tied on this fly in a size 14 and hooked up on the second cast. A nice treat in some tough conditions.

Hook: Mustad 98482 Size 14
Thread: Gordon Griffith Sheer 14/0 black or gray
Tail: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
Rib: Fine Copper wire
Abdomen: PMD or PED Dubbing
Hackle: Medium Dun Hen
Thorax: Partridge Aftershaft Feather

REE

this one
http://www.flypatternbook.net/fish/500ragwing.jpg

also in sulfur orange and pink.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f3...llection61.jpg

By far my favorite.

I did a FOTW back in early 2005. It is an old pattern that has been very productive for me for many years.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...031405fotw.php

These are the ones I try to copy ( a few quick snap shots from a shadow box - Circa 1992 ), they are of course Rene' Harrops ties. My go to fly of the group is his P.M.D. CDC Tailwater Dun, which I believe is the last one in the chain of jpg's.

Regards, Dave

Ron,

That's one beautiful tie!
Does it float well, or is it more of an emerged?
I'll buy a dozen. Give me a quote!

The other flies shown are great too!!
You guys should send a picture of your bwo so I can enter them in my tying contest at flyfishing99.blogspot.com

Email is byhaugh1@Mac.com
Contest ends the 15th

Thanks for great photos!

Good one REE, thinking that would do double duty as a BWO.

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

Byron,

I don't sell flies. Makes what I do for fun seem like a job and no longer fun. That being said, I fish it as an emerger. The hook is a light wire hook so if it sinks, it only goes a few inches below the surface film. I use an upstream cast, fishing the fly as a dry, even if it starts to sink, as the fly goes past me I change to fishing it as a wet on the swing. You can cover a lot of water with a single cast that way. Upstream takes are usually signaled by a boil where your fly used to be, down stream takes are anything but subtle.

MM, one of the things I like about the fly is how easy it adapts to other bug species with minor changes.

REE

It was a little "tongue - in - cheek" to add an exclamation point to the compliment on your tying

Byron

I would probably try something like this yellow and hen pheasant (sz 18 )

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...enPheasant.jpg

- Jeff

Hey REE, I liked your pattern the first time I saw it posted a while back ago and had wanted to tie one up but had forgotten about it as time went by. Thanks for re-posting it and reminding me to tie one up. Is there any chance you would be willing to write it up as a FOTW? I'm a litte intimidated by the thorax and hackling part and am unsure I'd be able to tie it right without seeing it done first. Also, I was just curious why you used a turned up eye on the pattern? Thanks.

Greg

Greg,

I'll submit it as a FOTW. Thanks for asking. I used an up eye hook, because it looked right and Pete Hidy liked those hooks as well. The fly would work equally well with a straight or down turned eye hook.

REE

Ron,

Very nice fly. Do you just wrap the aftershaft on the hook? I like to insert them in split thread and spin the bobbin (kinda like a dubbing loop) before I wrap mine since the feathers I use tend to be pretty fragile.

Regards,
Scott

ScottP,

I do just wrap it on the hook in touching turns, but follow it with the main hackle wrapped in open turns, plus the tying thread is counterwrapped through both the aftershaft and main hackle to reinforce both feathers and bring the thread back to the eye of the hook.

REE

This:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/p1020061.jpg

HOOK: Daiichi 1560,#16-#18 or TMC 3761 #16-#20
THREAD: Gordon Griffith 14/0 Sheer Brown, Danville 6/0, #47, Tobacco Brown
TAIL: Partridge, lower back, speckled Brown
RIB: Wapsi, copper/brown sm.
ABDOMEN: Danville 6/0, #47, Tobacco Brown
WING CASE: 6 strands, Holo Flashabou, Black
THORAX: Natural Mink underfur
LEGS: Partidge, lower back, speckled Brown – V Notched and tied in in front of thorax, wingcase then pulled over.


PT/TB

Here are a couple of my favorites:

PMD emerger tied under a parasol for presentation just under the surface film:
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...Emerger-11.jpg

This is what I trail behind the parasol fly, KG's Halfback/foamback emerger:
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...mbackPMD-2.jpg

Kelly.

Nice ties there Kelly! I may have to try to imitate some of those. PMD patterns are almost always effective around here.

that is just cool Kelly, i have never fished a parasol, thought they were a gimick, until i saw that you use one with success

Thanks REE, I'm looking forward to the FOTW. It looks like a great little fly.

Greg

Thanks for sharingfolks.
I like ato use a PMD flymph.
Jim

Here's one a bit different than the others posted so far.
When it's time to fish with itty bitties and I'm out of flies, I usually poke around the flyshop bins for Rene Harrop's latest and greatest creations.

But when it comes time to tie my own I try to keep it simple (the kiss principal).
Small flies are hard to tie no matter what, especially for old farts with fading eyesight.

Hence the Ducktail Mayfly. This one is tied on a #22 scud hook.
This fly has two materials: duck flank and Zelon. The duck flank forms body
and wings simultaneously. The under-mounted Zelon crossbar legs keep it all afloat.
This fly is (relatively) easy to tie. It's durable. Floats well and it catches fish.
For small mayflies it's hard to beat.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_eyJuCGhBvFk/TP...cktail-pmd.jpg http://lh5.ggpht.com/_eyJuCGhBvFk/TC...4/Ducktail.jpg