Eastern Pale Evening Dun

The Early season hatches of the Eastern Pale Evening Dun the bring on some exciting action. They hatch in the calmer waters and the hatch usually occurs for about an hour or two in the afternoon. Cloudy or overcast weather will extend the hatch noticeably. The Eastern Pale Evening duns have wings that dry very fast and as a result they do not stay on the water very long.

They are often called "Sulphurs" but there are significant differences between these insects. The true Sulphur is a true sulphur color while the Pale Evening Dun is more tan in color. The Pale Eastern Dun is larger and hatches one to two weeks earlier than the Sulphurs.

They are crawler nymphs so they do not live in fast waters but rather slow to moderate flows like the ends of long runs, or in large pockets of water. In tailwaters the flow will sometimes cause them to change locations and the temperature of the tailwaters will cause them to differ some from the freestone streams.

Dun Presentation:

Fish the "Perfect Fly" Eastern Pale Evening Dun in the slow to moderately moving water at the end of long pools or similar waters. You will want the water to be slow moving. These are fairly large mayflies and you will easily spot them as they appear like tiny sailboats floating in the surface.

An upstream presentation is usually best if the surface of the water which is usually calm.  However, you must get the fly to them without scaring them away. Of course, the presentation will depend on the type of eater you are fishing. If the water is very smooth, approach with a down and across presentation. You will want the trout to see the fly before they see your tippet or leader. A light leader of ten to twelve feet in length with a tippet size of 5X or 6X is suggested.

Since it is a large mayfly we recommend a Perfect Fly size 14 fly and that is what we stock.