Sunday, March 22, 2020

A new idea for a midge adult

Quite a number of years ago I was wading across Penn's at the bottom of the Fish Comm. cabin Station #22 and notice a line of fish just rising like crazy, well to my delight it was a fall of caddis adults all of them had delta wings spent on the surface! I tried to line up the casts with an adult caddis and got zero interest from the fish! I worked on a design for a spent caddis and found after some tying that all I needed was a body (I used 4 colors) a Zelon wing and the same colored fur for the wing wrapping and head. What I did was tie the Zelon in spent winged style then jamb thread in front of them and figure eight the fun around the wings all the while making sure to add a bit more in front of the wings to make the delta style. I tie them in various sizes from #14 thru #20 Brown, Black, Tan and a few Dark Olive and keep them in a small box in my vest, this has saved my ass a few times and most especially on the Missouri River during their epic caddis mating falls!
  Yesterday I was getting ready to grill and noticed two adult midges mating on the side of the house and how the wings were swept back and the legs were very noticeable, I quickly made some notes and a drawing to keep for that night. Well here it is a delta winged midge adult. #22,24 & #26 ringed eye hooks Tiemco or Gama.8/0 black thread, some macramé yard (white/clear) and black Aust. Opp.( I used opp. because of the guard hairs). Tie a thin body of thread and tie in the macramé yarn (sparse) spinner style and tie the wings back a bit with the thread applying pressure to the front of the wings to begin to push them back, I stop now and add a touch of Loon thin UV resin and hit it with the torch then add the Aust Opp. around the wings in a figure eight motion but using more in front of the wings to get them swept back, then tie off and trim the wings to length just past the bend of the hook! This is just what we have been looking for, another midge pattern to fool the fussy fish in the winter. I have used just spent winged adults in the past with great success but some time they just want something different, well they have it now. Best part if it is no hackle was used on it.
  I remember many times on Big Fishing Creek in the winter the trout would just line up and sip midges all day long, hey I'm going Tuesday! It's better than fighting for crap paper in the store.
  I'll post a picture later. I also tie them in grey and light tan/yellow just to give them something different!
 

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