My Pale Morning Sparkle Dun for my next trip to Henry's Fork

[Byron haugh]

Hi,

This picture is probably not in enough detail to do the fly justice, but I am betting this will work well next summer on the Henry's Fork. I have tried several "regular" PMD patterns there and not had a whole lot of success. One that worked the best so far is the standard Craig Mathews PMD Sparkle Dun.

However, I have a feeling this paraloop version will be even more effective.


Other variations at: flyfishing99.blogspot.com

[fishdog54]

Byron,

Very nicely tied pattern. Looks darn effective to me. Those paraloops are starting to grow on me!! Getting WAAAAY behind in my tying!


Best Regards, Dave S.

[MR.JML]

Looks to ne a nicely tied fish slayer to me !!!!! Yep, the Henry's sounds like the right place to test it out !!!!!!!!!!

[kglissmeyer]

That dog will hunt! Well done.

Kelly.

[Wes]

nice one byron.

[Bucky]

nice tie there

[appalachian angler]

I think you fly looks great! If fishing slicker pools or runs, i would trim the tail or "shuck" alittle. Our sulphers here(eastern PMD's) can be very prolific on the hatch and fish can get selective. Fly's that are sparse in the 'sparkle' tail seem to produce more takes. I llike to even tye in a few wood duck flank fibers over the antron or zylon. Biggest thing is to just not grease or apply dry floatant to the tail shuck.

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[Byron haugh]

Thanks for the advice

[ScottP]

Having confidence in a fly is almost as important as the pattern itself. That's a nice looking bug; if it works on the Henry's Fork, it'll play just about anywhere.

Regards,
Scott

[Byron haugh]

You know, you are absolutely right. I find that I keep going back to patterns I have had success with in the past. If you don't have confidence in a certain pattern, you won't give it a full chance to produce