Pale Morning Dun - Parachute

This Pale Morning Dun Parachute pattern should be accompanied by the Pale Morning Dun dry fly pattern which is an all season pattern starting in late spring to late fall. This Pale Morning Dun pattern imitates predominantly the Ephemerella excrucians a significant pattern. This hatch is significant due to the fact that it occurs for an extended period of time in various volumes in the West, but in the East hatches are shorter lived. Fish this pattern in most aquatic systems, but most frequently look for weedy, faster waters in the West and slower to medium runs in the East.   Fish this Pale Morning dun, in the East late afternoon early evening and late morning to early evening in the West. The hatch will typically occur in slower, longer more sedate flows. Due to the size of the mayflies, they will struggle in the water surface and with warmer weather will spend less time in the surface tension. As the parachute pattern sits with its body in the water it looks wholly different to the f