Hen Spinner, Blue Quill

HOOK: TMC 100, sizes 12-18 THREAD: Gray WING: Light blue dun hen hackle tips, tied spread-eagled TAIL: Blue dun hackle fibers, split BODY: Blue-dyed hackle feather stem HACKLE: Blue dun, clipped top and bottom

Uses

When trout are sipping the spinner stage of mayflies, this can be an effective pattern. Tied in the right sizes, this dressing imitates the spinner stage of many blue-winged olives and most blue duns. The wings should lie flat on the water. Click for a top view.

Variations

The Rusty Spinner, which imitates the spinner stage of many blue-winged olive mayflies, is tied on size 14-18 hooks with a dubbed body of rust-brown Superfine.

 
Vary the size and colors to match other mayfly spinners.

How to match other mayfly sprinners

How to Fish

Dress the fly with floatant (be careful of the wings) and use standard dry fly presentations.