Sulphur Spinners return to the riffle areas on the river to mate in the early evening and lay deposit their eggs. Depending upon the weather the spinners can sometimes overlap with the hatching duns. Learn more about Sulphur’s and make sure to tie up a few of these great spinner patterns before this hatch starts. Make sure to tie this fly in a few different sizes as well. We carry them in size 14-18 as trout can be very particular regarding which size they are feeding on.
Sulphur Spinner Material List
- 6/0 Thread – Yellow
- Hook – TMC 100 size 16 and 18
- Egg Sack – Hareline Dubbin Orange
- Tailing – Mayfly Tails White
- Body – Turkey Biot Sulphur Orange
- Wing – Para Post Wing White
- Hackle – Medium Dun American Rooster Cape (Whiting Farms)
Lay a good base layer of thread on your TMC 100
Add your egg sac for your Sulphur Spinner
Hard to see but add your White May Fly tails
Tie in your Turkey Biot for your Sulphur Spinner body
Wrap the Turkey Biot forward finishing the body of your Sulphur Spinner
Tie in your Para Post now
Whiting Farms Medium Dun Rooster feathers are tied in now.
Wrap your post with your feathers, for your Sulphur Spinner Wings
Trim your Para Post to size
Trim the front and back of your hackles for a spent wing look
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photo by Ann Miller