Sherry Spinner

When to use

The second act of a BWO evening: duns hatch, then an hour later the spinners come back to the water spent, and the fish switch to steady, confident sipping in the smooth glides and pool tails. When your BWO dun starts being refused at dusk, this is why — change to the spinner, fish it dead in the film, drag-free, on a degreased fine tippet, and time your lift to the sip.

Imitates

The spent female blue-winged olive — the sherry-coloured spinner that falls on summer evenings after the dun hatch.

Team position

Single fly; the dusk change.

Best methods

Dressing

Pairs with

Retrieve & line

• Fished dry and static — floating line