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 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	Video Vidge Jun 6. 2020 An easy and effective midge imitation. A great fly to have when midges are hatching on your lake or river at any time of the year.
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.

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