Midges

Really small flies

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Jan's Giant Buzzers Jan 29. 2010 Giant Buzzers I have always loved fishing buzzers for many years for trout, its just my favorite way of fly fishing except perhaps daddylonglegs. Most of my fishing is on reservoirs sometimes desolate windy rough places, where buzzers come into their own. Click here to see the article	Jan's Emerger May 27. 2008 New Pattern Another new pattern from Jan Grandal-Johansen, this time a buzzer emerger that fishes well on the reservoirs in the UK. Those hackle tip wings are just killer. Click here to see more.
HiVis CDC Midge Apr 24. 2007 Small hatch A high-visibility orange post and CDC makes this small dry perfect for your 7X tippet. Easy to tie, easy to follow on the water and a perfect choice when the fish are picky. Darryl Lampert from South Africa shows us one of his effective patterns. See the step by step tying instructions here	Nothing... Aug 29. 2006 ...here, nothing there Sometimes trout and grayling sip "nothing" from the surface. You have tried the smallest parachute in your fly box - size 18. What they are taking is much smaller. You look again into your fly box, and right - there is no "Nothing" there. Fill up your fly box with nothing here

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Video RS2 Apr 28. 2022 The RS2 is a fly that is so simple yet works so well. Its one of those flies that is in a league of its own and there really isn't much that can replace it for given situations.	Video Successful Spanflex Buzzer Mar 15. 2022	Video Muskin's Green Midge Pupa Mar 15. 2022 Materials Used;
Video Blóðormur (bloodworm) Mar 5. 2022 Here I will be tying the fly Bloodworm. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing. The fly catches both brown trout and arctic char.	Video Zelda nymph Feb 20. 2022 Here we will be tying the fly Zelda by Kjartan Antonsson. The fly is first and foremost a salmon fly pattern that was official here in Iceland few years ago.	Video The San Juan Worm Feb 17. 2022 The San Juan Worm is a divisive fly. Some love fishing with it, others think its an abomination. However no one can deny its effectiveness in certain situations.
Video Black Copper Bead Feb 14. 2022 Here I will be tying the Icelandic fly Black Copper bead. The pattern has been around for some years and works both in stream and lake fishing. The fly catches both brown trout and arctic char.	Video Griffith's Gnat Feb 11. 2022 Here we will be tying the dry fly Griffith's Gnat. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing and works just as good here in Iceland as it does in other fly fishing countries.	Video Shottlecock Jan 12. 2022 Mosquitoes is, besides beeing terrible in the bedroom while sleeping, a very important food-source and a must have in the box of dryflies and emergers for every trout-fisherman.
Video Winter Parachute Midge Jan 12. 2022 Detailed instructions for tying a Winter Parachute Midge.	Video Adult Midge Duckfly Jan 1. 2022 Materials Used;	Video Hatching Midge Dec 16. 2021 “Big bait = big fish” is a well known phrase and is often right…. but sometimes it is proved wrong.
Video McFly's Hook Worm Dec 9. 2021 This red annelid fly has worked wonders for me on the San Juan River and other western tailwaters.	Video Hare's Mask Midge Pupa/Buzzer Nov 16. 2021 Materials Used;	Video Campo Buzzer Midge Pupa Nov 14. 2021 Materials Used;

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