The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
The Best Anglers Never Stop Learning
PMD, Light Cahill
Medium - 5-7 Min
Coldwater
This is a great emerger imitation that can be used in just about any mayfly hatch situation using different colors. If you want a more natural body material, pheasant tail with some wire ribbing can be great. This is also a great way to get some “bubble” accents with using blue wire as a rib. For a more realistic tail, try adding some wood duck flank or Coq-de-Leon along with the antron yarn. This acts as a broken tail, and can be fished both as an emerger and a cripple. Just be sure that the antron is shorter than the feather fibers.
This fly is a great natural imitation and uses mostly synthetic materials to give the fly a little durability while fishing. The antron and McFlyon post will absorb dry fly floatant to stay on the surface all day. This fly imitates a unique part of the life of a mayfly, when they are most vulnerable for predation. This is when they are emerging out of their nymph shells at the surface of the water where they can fly away as adults. This brief moment where the adult is emerging, it can’t fly away, and still has water tension to hold the fly in the water. This makes it a perfect target for lazy dry fly eaters on a warm summer day.
Since this fly is an emerger pattern, it doesn’t have to be the highest floating fly on the river. If you can fish this fly with just the thorax floating on the surface, with the brown shuck hanging in the surface film of the water, this will be the most realistic imitation for what you’re fishing. If this fly starts to sink, don’t rush to coat the whole thing with floatant, and consider just the post and the hackle fibers for best results. Even if it seems like the fish are jumping out of the water for adults, fish this behind your adult imitation and watch that larger lazy fish gently sip this emerger.
| 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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