This isn't my tie (I think mine are tied a bit better
), but here's the PMD emerger pattern that I've been using for many years, and it's often very effective. You'll notice similarities to your pattern.
Last summer I fished this pattern on a Montana river during a PMD hatch when the water was clear and relatively low, and could see trout after trout confidently rise and sip the fly in. Fly fishing just doesn't get any better than that! In one case, I fished several different patterns, unsuccessfully, to a large trout that was rising above a good sized rock in the middle of the river. Then, I tied on that PMD Emerger and the trout went at least 3 feet out of his feeding lane to suck that fly in.
John
Originally Posted by John Rhoades
This isn't my tie (I think mine are tied a bit better
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