Midges

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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 Manhattan Midge Jun 3. 2020 Detailed instructions for tying Forrest Dorsey's Manhattan Midge.	Video Deer Hair Midge May 22. 2020 A quick little deer hair midge that pushes all the buttons. Not only a great fishing pattern but also a couple of nice techniques with deer hair and a very simple CDC parachute hackle wing.	Video Mosaic Buzzer Midge Pupa May 20. 2020 Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight size 12 Thread, Uni-8/0 Black Tail, Black Hen or Cock Fibres Rib, Black Flexi or Stretch Floss
Video Pay Day Midge May 8. 2020 A real quick and easy basic material hatching midge pattern, that can be fished static or twitched to give a little movement. One of my go-to flies for hatches of midge on still water.	Video Furimsky's Bugskin Wiggler Apr 12. 2020 Into worm flies, too? Aren't we all! In this fly tying tutorial, guest tier Chuck Furimsky ties the Bugskin Wiggler, a simple pattern used to catch a variety of species. Recipe:	Video Blushing Buzzer Apr 4. 2020 Stan Headley's Blushing Buzzer is a fantastic chironomid imitation for loch style fishing. It can be used like a wet fly or nymph and is deadly in a black buzzer hatch.
Video Size 30 Black Beauty Midge Mar 27. 2020 Midges are small, at least the vast majority of them are. Especially in western tail waters like the San Juan river.	Video Olive Adult Midge Mar 21. 2020 Materials Used; Thread, Uni8/0 Chartreuse Rib, Fine Silver Wire Tag, Chartreuse Uni-8/0 Thread Body, Olive Bleached and Dyed Pheasant Tail from Veniards	Video Black Adult Midge (Duck Fly) Mar 20. 2020 Materials Used; Hook, Fulling Mill Czech Nymph size 14 Thread, Uni-8/0 White Rib, Small Silver Wire Tag, White Thread Body, Dyed Black Pheasant Tail Fibres
Video Midge Emerger Feb 19. 2020 This 'Midge Emerger' has proved quite effective for me when used to imitate emerging midge and/or crippled midge that are trapped in the meniscus and being picked off by the trout.	Video Corded Midge Larva Jan 15. 2020 Detailed instructions for tying a corded Midge Larva imitation.	Video Zebra Midge Variation Jan 12. 2020 Hook: #14-16-18 Thread: White Glo-Brite & Black Head: Peacock Herl, Post White Glo-Brite Rib: Black Wire
Video Suspender Midge Dec 16. 2019 A size 18 suspender midge that has probably accounted for its fare share of fish over the years. Tie it in any colour from small to large.	Video Rusty Nail Chironomid Dec 4. 2019 John Kent has a knack for chironomid fly patterns that catch big trout in still waters. While I was researching the fly pattern, I found the John ties this in a couple of different ways.	Video Black Beauty Midge Dec 4. 2019 Detailed instructions for tying a Black Beauty Midge.

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