Newbury's Angling Arts

Fly Box - Midges

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Midges

Midges are available as food for trout on a nearly daily basis and often out-weather many burly mans tolerance for extreme weather.

Bank Maggot

czech

round

I spent the summer fishing a riffle below a dead horse that dropped maggots into the drift. When I found them in the gastric samples, I chose a white fly.

  • Hook: Hanak 333Bl or fullingmill czech
  • Bead: White round tungsten.
  • Rib: Half round body glass light gray.
  • Abdomen: Gray, natural, white snowshoe hare dubbing.
  • Thorax: Hends spectra UV rainbow.

Best For:

Deep Haze Perdigone

jig

slotted

A gray iridescent mylar and a UV resin coating conspire to create a stunning visual effect that changes color depending on the angle of view.

  • Hook: Jig, Jig Supreme, Big Game Jig #10-14.
  • Bead: Nickel Tungsten.
  • Thread: 50D GSP, white.
  • Tail: Dyed red Coq de Leon hackle.
  • Rib: Small stainless steel wire.
  • Abdomen: Hends perdigones body #34
  • Thorax: Touching wraps of the stainless steel wire from the ribbing.
  • Collar: true

Best For:

Glam Rocker

jig

slotted

My most effective fly..EVER!

  • Hook: Fulling Mill Jig Force #18.
  • Bead: Nickel slotted tungsten.
  • Thread: 50D GSP white.
  • Tail: Medium Pardo CDL.
  • Abdomen: Golden olive and gray wire wound together.
  • Thorax: Spectra #32

Best For:

Goliath Midge

jig

slotted

  • Hook: Fullingmill Jig Force #16-18.
  • Bead: Black nickle slotted tungsten.
  • Thread: 50D GSP White thread.
  • Rib: Hends perdigone pearl body #34 counter ribbed with small staineless steel wire.
  • Abdomen: Dyed gray pheasant tail fibers.
  • Thorax: Spectra #15 and UV tracer squirrel #480, natural pine squirrel.

Best For:

Goliath Spring Midge

wetfly

Matches the big spring midges very nicely.

  • Hook: Dohiku #303, 12-18.
  • Rib: Hends perdigones pearl body #45 counter ribbed with sm gray wire.
  • Abdomen: Dyed gray pheasant tail fibers.
  • Thorax: Hends Spectra #47, 901.
  • Head: Black

Best For:

Gun Metal Midge

klinkhammer

  • Hook: Hanak H-390 Klinkhammer.
  • Bead: Glass gun metal gray.
  • Thread: 30D GSP White thread.
  • Rib: Small silver wire.
  • Abdomen: Sybai gun metal tinsel.
  • Thorax: Spectra #45.

Best For:

Stalcup Emerger

wetfly

A Shane Stalcup inspired pattern.

  • Hook: Dohiku 303 #18.
  • Tail: crimped clear hollow midge-lace
  • Abdomen: Hends perdigones Pearl Body #45.
  • Thorax: Hends spectra #15, Gray.
  • Hackle: Grizzly midge saddle feather.
  • Wing: Medium dun CDC pulled over and tied down at rear and covered with a dab of spectra #45.
  • Legs: grizzly hen neck, clipped top and bottom.

Best For:

Zika Jig - 420

jig

slotted

The Zika jig for 2021

  • Hook: Tactical jig #14-18.
  • Bead: Black nickel tungsten.
  • Thread: 30D Veevus white.
  • Abdomen: Small black and silver wire wound together spaced evenly.
  • Thorax: Spectra 420.

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