Small dry
Trico Spinner
Blanket-hatch spent spinner
Trout · GraylingSurface
Tiny spent Trico spinner; the morning fall blankets the water and is the main feeding event of the Trico hatch.
Fish this when
The mid-morning trico spinner fall once the duns have moved off, when the water carries a steady, rhythmic sipping rise across a carpet of naturals.
Why it works
Lying dead flat with spent wings, it matches the posture of thousands of naturals in the film — on a fall this dense, getting that posture right matters more than getting the proportions exactly right.
Naturals it imitates
spent Trico spinner
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Advanced