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Pale Evening Dun

Dry Fly · Trout · Grayling · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

• Hook Standard dry fly, 14-18
• Thread Cream 8/0

Materials

• Tail Cream hackle fibers (sparse)
• Body Pale yellow-cream dubbing (slim)
• Wing Pale dun hen tips or CDC (upright)
• Hackle Cream hackle (2 feathers)

How to tie it

1. Tie wings upright
2. Add sparse tail
3. Dub pale body
4. Wrap cream hackle
5. Whip finish

Tying videos

• Pale Evening Dun — Davie McPhail (YouTube)
• Pale Evening Dun — Jim Misiura (YouTube)

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