PALE MORNING DUN

PALE MORNING DUN

Hook : Daiichi 1180 # 14 - 16

Thread : Uni-Thread 8/0 Primrose

Tail : Antron Yarn Olive

Body : Dryfly Dubbing Pale Morning Dun

Wing : Polypropylene Yarn Gray

Hackle : Dryfly Hackle Ginger

Fly Tier: Andre Brun

Tying Instruction :

Step by step tying Instructions:

1) Tie in a small bunch of olive Antron fibers as a trailing shuck.
2) Dub a tapered abdomen, leaving ample room for the wing, thorax, and hackle.
3) Now for the fun part-the Sail Wing technique. A piece of polypropylene yarn contains much more material than you need, so use your dubbing needle to split a length of yam into two or three pieces, according to the size of the fly. Tie one of the pieces in front of the abdomen as shown, binding it down with several snug wraps of thread.
4) Raise the forward end of the poly yarn and make several turns of thread in front of it, propping it upright.
5) Tie in the hackle at the rear of the thorax area. Spin some more dubbing on your thread and dub a thorax on the fly.
6) Make two wraps of hackle behind the wing and three wraps in front. Tie off the feather and clip the excess.
7) Trim the bottom of the hackle. Gently brush the wing material-an eyebrow brush works fine-and then trim the wing to length and shape. Apply a drop of cement to the head. If necessary, trim the trailing shuck to length.

ABOUT THE FLY TIER

E-mail : andrebru@frisurf.no

Address :
Kirkebyskogen 44
2816 Gjovik
Norway

André Brun has written several artcles on fly fishing and tying in Scandinavian magazines like Jakt & Fiske, Villmarksliv, Flugfiske i Norden and Alt om Fiske, and even in Fly Tyer magazine. He's been tying flies for 20 years and live in the eastern part of Norway near brown trout and grayling rivers like Gudbrandsdalslågen, Glomma and Renaelva. He's the originator of for example the Sail Wing dun and Brun's Caddis which is produced and sold through Sportflies in UK.