Is anyone out there that have any patterns for this darn species?
Try looking about for “sulphur,” Ephemerella invaria, Ephemerella rotunda, or Ephemerella dorthea.
You should a generous supply of imitations from which to chose.
Here’s the pattern that i use.
Thread: Cream
Tail: Light Blue Dun hackle fibers
Body: Pale Yellow dubbing
Wings: Light Blue Dun hackle tips
Hackle: Medium Blue Dun
Not really much difference between a Sulpher Dun and the Pale Evening Dun.
Jamie
[url=http://jamie_caddick.tripod.com:de2ed]http://jamie_caddick.tripod.com[/url:de2ed]
Steelheader… There was a similar question here just a few days ago. I did some digging and what I came up with was that a Light Hendricksen more than suffices for a PED.
Mike
There is no greater fan of flyfishing than the worm.
Patrick McManus
I guess from your location your talking about the eastern species. For the western version I have used Light Cahills or a simple parachute pattern with a white post, cream dubbed body and ginger hackle.
Jay
Check out this thread, a few days back:
[url=http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/004250.html:17232]http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/Forum5/HTML/004250.html[/url:17232]
The ones I need are eastern, I know they are not Ephemerella Dorthea though. I was kind of looking for some nymphs and emergers.
Ryan
Thats funny. I asked the exact same question a few days ago. There are a couple of answers in my post.
Ryan:
Here’s what I use:
The E. invaria and E. rotunda are bigger and hatch earlier and the nymph is darker:
[url=http://www.danica.com/flytier/lwilliams/dark_sulphur.htm:a03f2]http://www.danica.com/flytier/lwilliams/dark_sulphur.htm[/url:a03f2]
Emerger for the same:
[url=http://www.danica.com/flytier/lwilliams/sulphur_breakout_emerger.htm:a03f2]http://www.danica.com/flytier/lwilliams/sulphur_breakout_emerger.htm[/url:a03f2]
For the dun I use a comparadun (split fibett tails, yellow body, dun hair wing) but a Catskill version works well in heavier water.
The spinner has an amber body and sparse dun poly wings match it quite well.
LWilliams, I can not access those pages can you?
Worked for me too…
All of a sudden I was able to get on at 8:30 eastern.
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Try the rivergod emerger by Dennis Potter.
TMC 100 or 101
8/0 Thread (yellow, light cream)
Tail Wood duck flank
Shuck Rust or Tan Hi Vis 12-20 for smaller no shuck
Body Fine yellow dub Thread if smaller than 18
Wing Crickled Zlon Light dun
Good emerger as the bugs hatch, Tie in 16-18 using different color blends. Very good through May and June in Michigan.
Yes I am quite firmilier with this fly from Dennis Potter, I cant find crinckled zelon though.
Ryan