Dry fly
Cream Spinner
Pale dusk spent spinner
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Pale spent spinner for the summer cream-mayfly falls at dusk.
Fish this when
At dusk in summer when cream mayflies such as Light Cahill or Golden Drake are falling spent after their mating flight.
Why it works
Its pale, flush spent-wing profile stays visible against a darkening sky while lying dead on the water exactly as a spent natural does, so fish take it without hesitation.
Naturals it imitates
spent cream spinner (Light Cahill / Golden Drake)
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate