Midges

The WD-40 is one of my favorite flies for fishing rivers and lakes where there is a good population of small baetis and midges.

Midges are small flies that are related to mosquitoes, but do not bite. Like mosquitoes they are aquatic in their larvae and pupae stage, but emerge in their adult stage.

A simple black midge emerger that is extremely effective, wether tied on a lighter hook and fished dry, just hanging in the surface, or deeper under the surface as a wet or just below as an emerge

The word midge has a duality of meanings – at least for fly tiers and fly fishermen. First of all, it can mean: a very small fly, natural or artificial.

The Parasol is not a particular fly, but a technique in that you attach a fluff of floating type material (foam or fiber) above a fly using mono to hold it up off the fly a bit.

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Probably the quickest fly that you will ever tie!

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.

The Blue Wing Midge (BWM) is an adult midge pattern designed to be fished wet.

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.

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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.

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.

A midge to Baetis crossover pattern with trident tails like seen on Baetis mayflies but tied with a downwing like a midge.

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.

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.

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.

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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Detailed instructions for tying a Simple Midge Larva fly. This is part of a series of Tim Flagler's collaboration with Fly Tyer Magazine.

The word midge has a duality of meanings – at least for fly tiers and fly fishermen. First of all, it can mean: a very small fly, natural or artificial.

The Zebra Midge is probably is one of the most popular flies around the world. It's simple to tie, is weighted and represents a midge pupa or emerger quite well.

Here we will be tying the fly Zebra Midge by mr. Ted Welling. The fly is originally from the state of Arizona but have become known worldwide. great option for both stream and lake fishing.