The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
PMD
Easy - 5-7 Min
Coldwater
This PMD emerger pattern works incredibly imitating these small mayflies that are so relevant in the Western Summers. There is swap that can be done with one of the material. As for the rest of the fly, stick to the recipe.
Casing: Elk Body Hair will also work for this part of the fly as long as it’s bleached.
You could possibly change up the colors slightly, and come up with a BWO version or others if you wanted to. There are better patterns out there for those other bugs though, sticking to the original PMD version of this bug is the smartest move.
The Halfback Emerger capture each extremely necessary part of an emerging PMD gracefully, and in a streamlined package. The colors are popping enough to attract attention, but natural enough to be fished to very selective trout. The segmentation the wire makes on the pheasant tail is a proven, fish catching aspect that this fly also incorporates.
Fishing this fly underneath a dry fly can be a deadly method for fish that aren’t keen on going after a fly on top right away. It can also be very successfully fished in a nymph rig. If PMD’s are present this bug should be in your box, and on your rod! It has served fisherman in the West very well, try it for yourself!
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Region: West, Northwest, East, Southeast, Midwest
PMD Sizes: #14 - #20
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