Midges

Really small flies

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Springtail Dec 18. 2023 Bendy The Springtail has a soft and bendy body made from a boiled coil of colorful, elastic jewelry string See the pattern here	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

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Video Good All-Round Dry Fly for Midge/Caddis/ Beetles Aug 13. 2024 Materials Used;	Video No See Um Apr 7. 2024 Probably the quickest fly that you will ever tie!	Video Midge Emerger Apr 7. 2024 A deadly little pattern that should be in all fly boxes! This midge emerger can be tied in any colour and various sizes to match any midge hatch.
Video Blue-Wing Midge Apr 6. 2024 The Blue Wing Midge (BWM) is an adult midge pattern designed to be fished wet.	Video Watsons Zebra Feb 28. 2024 Here we will be tying a hybrid of two flies, the Watson's Fancy as a nymph, and the famous Zebra Midge. I (and probably some other fly tiers before me) came up with this pattern few years ago.	Video F Fly Midge Hopper Feb 28. 2024 Materials Used;
Video Griffith's Gnat Jan 15. 2024	Video Mobuto Dec 21. 2023 Here we will be tying the fly Mobuto but the pattern became legendary in Iceland late in last century. This fly the Mobuto is originally tied by mr.	Article Springtail Dec 18. 2023 Bendy The Springtail has a soft and bendy body made from a boiled coil of colorful, elastic jewelry string See the pattern here
Video Ginger Midge Dec 13. 2023 Easy to tie. Not fancy. But it works! We love the ginger colored ultra wire. This color looks great for ribbing midge and Baetis patterns. This is essentially a mercury midge with ginger wire.	Video Midge-May Be Dec 12. 2023 A midge to Baetis crossover pattern with trident tails like seen on Baetis mayflies but tied with a downwing like a midge.	Video Black Gnat (midge soft hackle) Dec 4. 2023 This is Jim Leisenring’s Black Gnat. It is one of his top 12 patterns. Recipe as listed in his book “The Art of the Wetfly” 1941 with Pete Hidy.
Video Simple Foam Midge Nov 28. 2023 Here we will be tying a fly by myself that I made few years back. The idea with this fly is to let is fish right under the surface film of the water. Just like the idea with Emergers.	Video Mercury Black Beauty Nov 27. 2023 Here we will be tying the fly Mercury Black Beauty by Pat Dorsey. The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing when tied in small hook sizes like #16-24.	Video Blóðormur Slim Nov 27. 2023 Here we will be tying the fly Blóðormur Slim (Slim Bloodworm). The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing and catches both brown trout and arctic char.

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