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Dry fly

Yellow Evening Dun

Late-season evening dun
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A pale yellow-bodied upwing dry for the late-season evening hatch of small yellow duns on Irish limestone rivers — a September fixture on rivers like the Liffey when the bigger summer olives have thinned out.

Fish this when

September evenings on limestone and lowland rivers, when small pale-yellow duns are on the water and fish are rising steadily in the last light.

Why it works

Colour match matters most in low evening light against a pale sky — the yellow body reads correctly where a standard olive dun would not.

Naturals it imitates
yellow evening dun (Ephemerella notata / Heptagenia sulphurea-type late-season upwing)
Typical zone & fishable range
usually
Surface
Film
Subsurface
Deep
Setup sensitivity: medium
Hook range#12–14
Quick facts
Tying difficulty
Beginner-friendly
Heritage
ModernClassicHeritage
Classic
· Ireland, traditional river dry