PALE MORNING DUNS (part 8)
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PALE MORNING DUN EMERGERS
The most important patterns of the hatch
Parachute PMD Surface Emergers
- Hook: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
Hook: TMC 2487 14-20 - Tails: Lite Dun Dry Fly Hackle Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Wing post: Yellow Dry Cell Fly Foam
- Hackle: Lite Dun Dry Fly Hackle, Tied Parachute Style
- Thorax: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy/Olive
- Note: This pattern can also be tied with Brown and BWO Turkey wing quill fiber abdomens. I have used the pattern as both an emerger and a parachute spinner with equal success. You could also use a rolled shuck dubbing, of Scintilla #30 Pale Olive Brown
CDC PMD Surface Emergers
- Hook: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
Hook: TMC 2487 14-20 - Tails: Lite Dun Dry Fly Hackle Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Wings & Legs: Lite Dun CDC
- Head: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy/Olive
- Note: This pattern can also be tied with Brown and BWO Turkey wing quill fiber abdomens.
PMD Hackled Nymphs
- Hook: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
Hook: TMC 2487 14-20 - Tails: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Wing case: Yellow Dry Cell Fly Foam
- Hackle: Lite Dun Dry Fly Hackle Fibers
- Thorax: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy/Olive
Notes: This pattern can also be tied with Brown and BWO Turkey Wing Quill Fibers. You can change this pattern by using a rolled Dubbing Shuck for the tail or by using a trimmed hackle quill stem as the tail. Another material that can be used as a shuck is a trimmed Emu feather.
Another way that this pattern can be used is to trim the hackle off the bottom, just leaving on the sides. This places the imitation lower in the surface film.
PMD Foam Floating Nymph
- Hooks: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
TMC 2487 14-20 - Tails: Lite Dun Dry Fly Hackle Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Wingcase: Yellow Dry Cell Fly Foam
- Thorax: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy/Olive
Notes: This pattern can be also tied with Brown or BWO Turkey Wing Quill Fibers abdomens. For tails you can use a rolled dubbing shuck (Scintilla #30 Pale Olive/Brown) or a trimmed dry fly hackle tail, using a Lite Dun hackle stem or a Grizzly Dyed olive hackle stem.
PMD Snowshoe Emerger
- Hooks: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
TMC 2487 14-18 - Tails: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Wing: Lite Dun Snowshoe Hair Fibers
- Head: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy/Olive
Notes: Once again you can change the color of the Abdomen, by using Brown or BWO Turkey Wing Quill Fibers. The Tails can be changed by using a Rolled Dubbing Shuck or #30 Scintilla Pale Olive/Brown, or by using a hackle tip of Grizzly dyed Olive or Grizzly Bleached Ginger.
PMD Captive Dun
- Hooks: TMC 2487 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
- Dai-Riki 125 14-20
- Body Extension: PMD New Dun
- Wing case: Yellow Dry Cell Fly Foam
- Hackle: Lite Dun Dry Fly Hackle, palmered through the thorax
- Thorax: Scintilla Micro fiber, PMD dubbing
- Head: Dubbed, same as the thorax
CDC Bubble PMD Emerger
- Hook: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
TMC 2487 14-18
Dai-Riki 125 14-20 - Tails: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Abdomen: Rusty Olive Caddis Emerger Dubbing
- Wing: CDC Lite Dun
- Legs: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Thorax: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy/Olive
Note This is a modification of a Rene Harrop pattern.
CDC Cripple PMD Emerger
- Hook: TMC 100 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
- Tails: Tuff of Pale Olive Caddis Emerger Dubbing, with Wood Duck Flank
- Fibers over the top
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, Dyed BWO
- Wings: Pair of Lite Dun CDC Feathers, angle over the eye of the hook
- Thorax: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy/Olive
- Hackle: Grizzly dyed Olive
Note: The abdomen colors can be changed using Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed either PMD or Rusty. Tails could be a trimmed hackle stems or even dry fly hackle fibers. The hackle can be changed to Lite Dun Dry Fly Hackle. This is another Rene Harrop pattern that I have slightly modified.
CDC PMD Biot Emerger
- Hook: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
TMC 100 14-20 - Tails: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Thorax: Dubbing, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellow Olive
- Wings: Lite Dun CDC Feathers
- Legs: Lite Dun CDC Feathers
- Head: Dubbed, Sheared Beaver, PMD
Note: The abdomen colors can be changed by using Turkey Biots of either PMD or Rusty.
Parachute PMD Nymph Emerger
- Hook: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
TMC 2487 14-20 - Tails: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Wingcase: Yellow Dry Cell Fly Foam
- Hackle: Lite Dun Hackle tied parachute style
- Thorax: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy Olive
Note: The tails can be changed to a rolled dubbing shuck or trimmed hackle stem. The abdomen colors can be changed by using BWO, Brown or Rusty Turkey wing quill fibers. The hackle color can be changed to grizzly dyed olive or bleached grizzly.
CDC Looped PMD Emerger
- Hook: TMC 2487 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
- Tails: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Wingcase: CDC Lite Dun Feather, pulled forward and bubbled over the thorax
- Thorax: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy Olive
- Legs: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Head: Dubbed, Scintilla #15 Pale Yellowy Olive
Note: A rolled dubbing shuck could be used. The abdomen colors could be changed by using Brown or BWO Turkey wing quill fibers. Finally this pattern could be tied on the TMC 101.
PMD Transitional Dun
- Hook: TMC 101 Sizes: 14-20 Thread: 12/0 Sandy Dun
- Tails: Sparse tuft of rusty olive caddis emerger, plus Wood Duck Flank Fibers
- Abdomen: Turkey Wing Quill Fibers, dyed PMD
- Thorax: Harrop’s Fine & Natural Dubbing, PMD
- Wing: Lite Dun CDC Feathers
- Legs: Butts of the CDC wings
- Head: Dubbed same as the thorax
Note: This is a Rene Harrop pattern which I have had excellent results with. If you will fill your boxes with all of the pattern modifications possible you will have 40 emerger patterns to work with.
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