The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
PMD, Yellow Sally, Light Cahill and 1 others
Medium - 3-5 Min
Coldwater
The PMD Pheasant Tail is a fly that lends itself well to some substitutions. Substituting this fly will really increase the versatility of these bugs in your box and allow you to separate yourself from the other anglers on the watershed.
The PMD Pheasant Tail is a fly that is easily changeable to better suit your fishing situations. Varying this fly will really increase the presentation of your fly to the pickier trout in a water system.
The Pheasant Tail is one of the most popular and effective flies ever created. During the early summer months, the yellow sallies and PMD’s start popping off. Having this variation of the Pheasant Tail in your box is a must. Fish will key into your PMD Pheasant Tail more actively than the standard Pheasant Tail because this variation will better match the hatch. Additionally, very few anglers carry a blonde version of the pheasant tail in their box so you’ll be fishing something the fish haven’t seen much of. This is an essential pattern for early summer.
Matching the hatch is the key to creating success with this fly. Seining the river you are fishing is a great way to determine if this PMD variant is a good choice based on the time of year for your stream. The ideal signs that it’s time to tie this on would reveal large amounts of free-swimming mayflies with yellow sally husks visible on the banks. If these conditions are met, you could see a large amount of insect activity as the water warms and it’s definitely time to throw the PMD pheasant tail.
| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: East
Isonychia Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Southeast
Isonychia Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Midwest
Isonychia Sizes: #12 - #18
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: East
Light Cahill Sizes: #12 - #20
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Region: Midwest
Light Cahill Sizes: #12 - #20
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Region: Northwest
Light Cahill Sizes: #12 - #20
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Northwest, East, Southeast, Midwest
PMD Sizes: #14 - #20
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| Regional Hatch Chart | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Region: West, Midwest
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: Northwest
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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Region: East, Southeast
Yellow Sally Sizes: #12 - #18
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