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Pale Morning Duns or PMD is a broad group of mayfly patterns used by fly anglers to imitate Ephemerella mayfly adults, emerging adults, spinners and nymphs. They are often called Sulfurs. Pale Morning Dun adults are distinguished by a variety of illusive yellowish cream, sulfur, and yellowish greens bodies and light gray, yellow tinged wings. Nymphs are typically olive, dark brown or cinnamon in color. Spinners have a greenish tan (female) or reddish (male) body with translucent wings.

Adult imitations
As described in Flies for Trout, Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen (1993) As described in  Trout Country Flies  (2002), Bruce Staples As described in Trout Flies-The Tier’s Reference (1999) by Dave Hughes
 * Pale Morning Dun (PMD)
 * Pale Morning Dun, Hairwing, No Hackle
 * Pale Morning Dun, No Hackle
 * Pale Morning Dun, Tailwater Dun
 * Pale Morning Dun, Thorax
 * Sulfur Dun
 * Sparkle Dun, Sulfur
 * Poly Wing Spinner
 * Beet fly
 * Stauffer Pale Morning Dun
 * Pale Morning, Cut-wing Dun
 * Pale Morning Compara-dun
 * Pale Morning Hairwing Dun
 * Pale Morning Quill Dun
 * Pale Morning Quill Parachute
 * Yellow-brown Body Compara Spinner
 * Brown body Compara Spinner
 * Cream Hackled Hen-wing Spinner
 * Sulfur Polypro Spinner
 * Syl’s PMD Spinner
 * Pale Morning Dun Biot Spinner

Emerger imitations
As described in  Trout Country Flies  (2002), Bruce Staples As described in Trout Flies-The Tier’s Reference (1999) by Dave Hughes
 * Pale Morning Dun Cripple
 * Sulfur Polypro Emerger
 * CDC PMD Cripple Dun
 * Sanger de Christopher Emerger, PMD
 * Yellow-Olive Sparkle Dun

Nymph imitations

 * Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear