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 CDC Spent wing midge Aug 18. 2021 Tying thread, 0ne CDC hackle and a pinch of dubbing, makes one of the most essential patterns in my fly box! A quick and easy CDC spent wing midge that can be fished just about all year round.	Video Gravy Train Midge Aug 2. 2021 As the name suggests, the gravy train midge will give great rewards for little effort. A quick and simple all year round midge that works in most midge fishing situations.	Video Clear Stretch Midge Pupa Apr 2. 2021 This is a very Effective Pattern for a Spring & Early Summer, Material List Hook size 16-18-20 Thread used a Clear Mono
Video Zebra Midge Mar 31. 2021 Although an extremely simple tie, the Zebra midge is an essential pattern to have in your box all year round.	Video Early Season Midge Pupa Mar 31. 2021 Materials Used;	Video WD-40 Mar 13. 2021 One of the simplest but most effective mayfly midge larva that you can have in your box. An absolute must for early season fishing!
Video Midge emerger Mar 8. 2021 A functional emerger midge pattern with a few nice techniques. Tie it in any size from large buzzers to the smallest hatching or cripple midges in any colour you like. A must have pattern.	Video Buzzball Feb 16. 2021 Detailed instructions for tying Gary LaFontaine's Buzzball.	Video Hatching Midge Jan 11. 2021 "Big flies big fish" is not always correct, sometimes even the largest trout can be selective on micro-flies such as mosquitoes and caenis.
Video The Most Effective Midge Oct 11. 2020 This is my favourite Pattern, I have had some great days fishing with these Midge Size 12-14-16 works really well, especially in first 3 Seasons	Video Barney Google Midge Pupa Sep 27. 2020 The Barney Google is a fly originally tyed by Richard Walker and from his book Fly Dressing Innovations, it represents a phantom midge.	Video Lady Mc Connell Midge Aug 27. 2020 The Lady Mc Connell Midge is an interesting, but yet straightforward tie that applies only basic materials. An effective still water pattern that represents an newly hatched adult midge.
Video Top Secret Midge Jul 4. 2020 An extremely quick and easy tie for an extremely effective midge pattern. A great fishing pattern that only requires the most basic of tying skills.	Video Killer Summer Midge Jul 4. 2020 This is a Deadly Pattern in Summer on size 14-16-18 Thread Black 8/0 Thorax Peacock Herl Breather White Glo-Brite Thread	Video Bibio Cripple Midge Suspender Jun 29. 2020 Materials Used; Hook, Tiemco 2487 size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Rib, Silver Tinsel Body, Black Seals Fur or Sub Thorax, Red and Black Seals Fur or Sub

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