Favorite PMD pattern

[Jim Slattery]

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

[ScottP]

Jim,

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

Regards,
Scott

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Jim,

I have had really good luck with this one.



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

[Wes]

this one


also in sulfur orange and pink.

[DUB]

By far my favorite.

[Denny]

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

[Byron haugh]

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!

[MontanaMoose]

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

Cheers,

MontanaMoose

[Ron Eagle Elk]

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

[pittendrigh]

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.