PMD Emerger

Hook: Tiemco 100 or 101 - standard dry fly hook

Size: 16-18

Thread: 8/0 brown

Tail: Pheasant tail

Body: Wrapped Pheasant tail

Rib: Fine gold wire

Thorax: Pheasant tail

Dubbing ball: White Antron

Hackle: Medium dun, wound parachute style

Notes: This fly sets very low in the surface film and is easier to locate if its dropped off another, more visible fly.

 

This fly pattern is excerpted from Fly Fishing Montana's Missouri River.