Dry fly
March Brown Spinner
Mottled evening spinner
Trout · GraylingSurface
Mottled spent spinner of the March Brown evening fall.
Fish this when
On overcast spring evenings once March Browns have hatched through the afternoon and the spinner fall drops onto riffled water toward dusk.
Why it works
The mottled wing and body break up the fly's outline the way a natural's patterned wings do, giving a more convincing silhouette than a plain spinner once fish have seen duns all day.
Naturals it imitates
spent March Brown spinner
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Intermediate