Hanging midge

 

This fly hangs from the surface with the bend of the hook down much in the same way as the natural hangs just as it is breaking the water surface - anyway that's my story and I'm sticking to it. In any case it is a suggestive fly that  has taken many fish during evening midge hatches. Try it in black, "Adams" colours and olive.

Materials

Hook Thread Body Rib Wing casing Thorax Hackle
10 to 14 dry fly hook Black Black flat floss Yellow floss Black feather slip Black floss Black hackle 8xxx

Process

A
  1. Wind the thread in touching turns well round the bend of the hook.
  2. Tie in a length of ribbing material and return the thread 3/4 of the way along the body toward the bend of the hook.

B
  1. Form the equivalent of a dubbing loop with the thread and suspend it by its tip above the fly.
  2. Tie in a hackle at the 3/4 position as well as a couple of strands of Peacock herl.
  3. Many vices come with a gallows tool which can be used as the fixed position to suspend the loop from. Alternatively you can rig something up suspended from your lamp or some other sort of frame.

C
  1. Wind the herl forward to form a thorax and tie of the herl and trim the excess.

D
  1. Wind the hackle parachute style up and down the suspended loop a distance equal to the length of the thorax.
  2. Tie the hackle off behind the eye of the hook and trim the excess.

E
  1. Undo the loop from whatever its suspended from and pull it forward so that the hackle lies on top of the herl thorax.
  2. Whilst holding the hackles out of the way take a wrap or two of the loop around the shank of the hook behind the eye of the hook and then tie it of with the thread.
  3. Trim the balance of the loop off.
  4. Hold the hackle out of the way and build up a neat head of thread.
  5. Whip finish and varnish.



Last Updated: January 9, 2011
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Categories: Emergers, Flies, Midge pupa, grubs & snails, Nymphs