Quillmygga
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. So any bug tied on a fly hook size 18 or smaller is a candidate to the midge title, even though it may represent a mayfly or even a sow bug. Very confusing. But let’s focus on the real midges. I non scientific terms they are mosquitoes, phantom midges and other two-winged insects. Some are bloodsuckers and some are very friendly and just love dancing over the lake in a glorious sunset.
Midges are true bugs, meaning they have three stages, larva, pupa and adult flying insect. They aren’t picky about their habitat, or more correct: there’s some kind of midges in all types of water: stillwaters, ponds, tailwaters, spring creeks, freestones rivers you name it… they live there. They are pretty tolerant of degraded water conditions and muddy bottom areas. They are extremely plentiful in most waters during the winter, since that is where midges survive in winter. Lakes and ponds can be teeming with midge larvae in the peak of winter. Even in the mid of winter some midges might hatch on warm days. Hatching of midges during winter usually happens when the sun warms the water in the morning, and again late in the day, when the waters reach the highest temperature.
In this video we have put our very own Håkan Karsnäser behind the vise to demonstrate his “go-to-midge-pattern” – a must have in every fly box.
Hook: Ahrex FW502 Dry Fly Light # 16
Thread: Brown 8/0
Body: Peacock Quill
Thorax: Hares Ear Dubbing
Hackle: Partridge Hackle
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