Dry fly
Claret Spinner
Spent dun imitation
TroutSurface
Claret dubbing, spent wings, thin and transparent like a spent mayfly — a pattern built for low-light fishing when the fish know what's on the water.
Fish this when
Summer evenings when spinners are laying eggs. Fish it on a drag-free drift in the slack water where spent insects collect.
Why it works
Claret matches spent mayfly colouring precisely. Transparent wings read as spent posture. Trout feeding selectively on spinners take readily.
Naturals it imitates
spent spinner; darker mayfly spinner
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
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