The Mayfly dry fly patterns are some of the important fly patterns in the world for fly fishermen. With over 2500 varieties of Mayflies, most of the modern Dry Fishing Fly Patterns are tied to imitate some sort of Mayfly.

Watch for these insects on the water where ever you fish, they have upright wings and are highly visible.

On hot days you will most likely see them in the morning, or in the evening when it cools off.

On cooler days you will see them in the early afternoon or in the evening. Some of the best hatches will be seen on overcast days almost at anytime of the day. On streams that are open all year there will generally be some sort of Mayfly hatch in every month of the year.

Mayfly Dry Fly Patterns emulate the two adult phases of the Mayfly. The two phases are the Dun Phase and the Spinner stage. The mayfly emerges from the water in the Dun phase. This phase will last 1 to 4 days, then the Mayfly will change into the Spinner stage. It is the Spinner stage where mating takes place.

The male spinners will form a swarm, the female flies into the swarm and is caught by one of the males. Mating takes place, the female deposits her eggs on the surface of the water or crawls under the water and deposits her eggs on the bottom. After the female deposits her eggs she falls or drifts to the surface of the water. In the spinner stage of life the Mayfly has no mouth, and cannot eat. This phase of life only lasts about a day. Wherever you live and fish you should carry some Mayfly dry fly patterns in you fly box. The Mayfly patterns are separated into several different categories as follows.

image AMERICAN MARCH BROWN image BAETIS CUT WING
image BAETIS ZINGER image BIG YELLOW MAY DUN
image BIG YELLOW MAY SPINNER image BLACK QUILL
image BLUE DUN image BLUE QUILL
image BROWN DRAKE image BROWN PARA DRAKE
image BURCHER SPECIAL image CALLIBAETIS ZINGER
image CDC CALLIBAETIS BIOT SPINNER image CDC CALLIBAETIS CRIPPLE DUN
image CDC PMD CRIPPLE DUN image CDC RUSTY SPINNER
image CLARKS BIG YELLOW MAYFLY image CLARKS GREEN DRAKE PARACHUTE
image COLORADO GREEN DRAKE image CRIPPLE OLIVE
image CUTWING BLUE WING OLIVE image CUTWING PALE MORNING DUN
image CUTWING TRICO image DARK CAHILL
image DARK HAYSTACK image DARK HENDRICKSON
image DOWNWING GREEN DRAKE image DUSTY MILLER
image EXTENDED PALE MORNING DUN image FALL RIVER SPECIAL
image FFF MAY image FLICK’S MARCH BROWN
image GINGER QUILL image GRAY DRAKE DUN
image GRAY FOX image GRAY QUILL
image GREEN PARA DRAKE image GULPHER SPECIAL
image HAIRWING DUN image HAIRWING NO HACKLE
image HATCHMASTER image HEN SPINNER
image HENDRICKSON THORAX image LADY BEAVERKILL
image LIGHT CAHILL image LIGHT HENDRICKSON
image LITTLE MARRYATT image LITTLE OLIVE
image LITTLE SULPHUR DUN image LOOP WING BLUE DUN
image LOOP WING MARCH BROWN image MAHOGANY DUN THORAX
image MALE BEAVERKILL image MARCH BROWN
image MARCH BROWN COMPARADUN image MORRIS MAY DARK
image MORRIS MAY LIGHT image NATURAL DUN
image NO HACKLE image PALE EVENING DUN
image PALE MORNING DUN image PALE MORNING DUN THORAX
image PALE WATERY DUN image PINK CAHILL
image PINK LADY image PMD HAIRWING DUN
image PMD ZINGER image QUILL GORDON
image RED QUILL image RUSTY SPINNER
image SCOTT’S PMD image SLATE OLIVE THORAX
image SPARKLE SPINNER image SPECKLED WING PARACHUTE
image SULPHUR DUN image TRICO PARACHUTE
image TRICO POLY SPINNER image TRICO SPINNER
image TRUSTY RUSTY image WESTERN GREEN DRAKE