PMD Transitional Emerger Nymph

Fishing Tips

I seldom tie well-known patterns, preferring to create imitations of the food on which I see the trout feeding. My criteria for a "good" fly design are that the fly must be easy to tie with readily available, inexpensive materials, it must be durable and it must perform effectively. In recent years as my eyes have aged, I've added visibility as a criterion as well. If the design meets these criteria the fly is, to my eyes, beautiful.

Creator of this trout fly: Eric Pepper

Tier of this trout fly Type: Eric Pepper

Country of origin for this trout fly: Idaho, USA

This trout fly is designed on and fished on Rivers & Stream,

Pattern Dressings

* The "chartreuse" (for lack of a more descriptive term) dubbing shown on these flies is not available commercially. It is my own blended colour comprising light and medium olive, yellow and cream rabbit fur developed over about 20 years of studying the insects and fishing this hatch. Various US suppliers offer both natural and synthetic dubbing materials described as "Pale Morning Dun" or "PMD," which are essentially the same. TMC 2487.