PMD Sparkle Dun

Tied by Josh Nelson

Hook: any dryfly hook
Thread: uni 6/0 olive
Tail: antron pmd shuck
Body: usually I use a superfine dry fly dubbing in a candy apple green, but I couldn't find it. So for this I used a olive-brown superfine
Wing: light coastal deer hair, tied compara style
 

The Sparkle Dun is an outstandingly simple adult mayfly pattern developed by Craig Mathews of West Yellowstone, Montana. The pattern incorporates only three materials and all of them are cheap and commonly available. The Sparkle Dun was one of the first patterns to incorporate a trailing shuck. The Z-Lon shuck imitates the empty nymphal husk hanging from the back of the emerging dun and is a definite trigger for selective fish. This is a simple but highly effective fly that can be accomplished by even beginning tyers. Gather up your materials, sit down and crank out a batch of PMD Sparkle Duns. Then go on to tie them on Baetis colors and even Red Quills. The pattern will nicely imitate any mayfly just by changing the colors of the components." -http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/detail.cfm

 
I don't dub the head too much myself though. I have been working on making my flies sparser, and with the thread ball in front of the wings, dubbing the head seems a bit much for me.

A good tutorial is found here  http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/050205fotw.php different color scheme though...