Favorite midge patterns?

[The Goat 0]

Since winter's coming and I'm trying to get my midge box full, I was hoping some of you would share some of your favorite midges. Dry, emerger, pupa, whatever works for you. I've got WAY too much open space in this box!! Haha.

[sulfernut 0]

I carry lots of them,but 9 times out of ten,the one on the end of my leader is the Griffith's Gnat!!!

 

Sulphernut

 

 

[ILikeFish 0]

good to know, i was gonna start to get ready for winter as well

[The Goat 0]

I carry lots of them,but 9 times out of ten,the one on the end of my leader is the Griffith's Gnat!!!

 

Sulphernut

 

Haha. I should have expected this. I get too wrapped-up in "fancy flies" that I forget about the GG!

[duckydoty 0]

My three favorites are bead headed black on black (black thread and black bead no wire), primrose and pearl, and the rusty

duckydoty

[ILikeFish 0]

I like the pupa with red body, silver ribbing, hares ear or hurl for thorax, and white foam for gills

[utyer 0]

Brassies in copper, orange, and dk blue-green. All with just a hint of peacock herl. I also tie up some very sparce orange, red green and black thread and fur midges. I make these as thin as I can and just a hint of a thorax. For emergers, I use Serendipities, and cdc midge patters. For drys, I tie GGs and a cluster midge with is nothing more than a GG on a long shank hook. I also tie GG with black and gray dubbed bodies.

[Dale 0]

Beadhead midgling in #20 or #22 in black or olive!!

[KevCompton 0]

Striptease Midge Pupa

 

Also in black, olive, wine/maroon, etc. The foam helps keep the pattern up in the surface film. I use the Partridge Oliver Edwards nymph/emerger hook which is silver plated. A dyed red/orange peacock herl thorax is ideal. I've also used orange/red floss and Flexi-Floss.

 

[Max 0]

Striptease Midge Pupa

 

The foam helps keep the pattern up in the surface film.

 

 

Kev,

How are you making the foam look like that?

[Max 0]

I have been using the Skinny Nelson, works as baetis or midge.

 

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/de...fm?parentID=152

 

 

easy tie

 

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/de...cfm?parentID=62

 

 

or this

 

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/de...cfm?parentID=95

 

 

 

[rockworm 0]

Hook- #18-26; standard or heavy, straight or curved

Body- silk (black, brown, olive, or amber); thin and tapered

Hackle- 1 turn of ostrich herl with small fibers (colour to match)

 

[Moscow 0]

Hi,

 

I like Gary LaFontaine's Halo Mayfly Emerger, Lash's Raccoon and the Lady McConnell for stillwaters. On stream, I have to say the Griffith's Gnat, Renegade or it's evil twin brother, the Bear Paw

 

http://www.virtualflybox.com/patterns/patt...d=23&id=186

http://www.westcoastflyfishers.com/fly_pat..._mcconnell.html

Lash's Raccoon and the Lady McConnell: see Phil Rowley's book, Fly Patterns for Still Waters

Bear Paw: http://kwsu.publictelevision.org/stations/...id=12&pid=2

 

Moscow

[mtn 0]

F Fly, simple and effective.

[gbflytyer 0]

zelon midge for a dry fly

black zebra midge nymph :yahoo: