Little Yellow Sallie (Dun)
A dun fly imitating Isoperla, fished in May, June, July across the Southeast, Northeast, Rocky Mountain, Midwest.
Open in Hatch Matcher →Quick facts
- Stage: Dun
- Imitates: Isoperla
- Hook sizes: #14, #16
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Water temp: 52–62°F
- Water types: Freestone, Spring Creek
- Best months: May, June, July
- Regions: Southeast, Northeast, Rocky Mountain, Midwest
- Target species: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
How to tie the Little Yellow Sallie (Dun)
Hook: Tiemco TMC 100, sizes 14-16
Thread: Uni 8/0 Yellow
Materials
- Hook: Tiemco TMC 100, #14-16
- Thread: Uni 8/0 Yellow
- Tail: Cream hackle fibers (split)
- Body: Yellow dubbing
- Hackle: Pale ginger or cream (palmered)
- Wing: Pale yellow elk or deer hair
Tying steps
- Mount hook. Tie in short cream tail.
- Tie in pale ginger hackle at bend.
- Dub yellow body to 3/4.
- Palmer hackle in 5 open spirals.
- Tie in pale yellow elk hair wing.
- Trim butts, whip finish, head cement.