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Chironomids are also sometimes known Buzzers and Midges at various parts of their life cycle. They are part of the Chironomidae family of the order Diptera - True Flies. They are very small as the name implies and have a similar life cycle to Mayflies and Caddis flies. When fish are taking Chironomids the Chironomids are generally available in large numbers. The Lava is between 6 & 15 mm in length and is generally a blood red legless maggot. Having said that as the lava mature they often change colours and may be black through to green. In any case in the larval form they live in the detritus sediment in the bottom of lakes and streams. As they mature into pupae, whilst the size only increases marginally, the colour generally changes to green, grey or black and a bulbous wing case and curved abdomen develop. In their lava stage they are commonly referred to as buzzers. When its time to emerge the pupae swim to the surface like a “mosquito wriggler” and break through the surface tension and hatch into small generally non-biting mosquito like flies that are sometimes known as midges. Whilst trout do search out lava amongst the detritus matter and eat lava that have been disturbed by wind and wave action it is generally the free swimming pupae that are most often eaten by trout. Whilst the lava is generally found in the lower reaches the pupa can be found in a wide range of depths from very shallow to up to 10 meters.
Materials
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Hanak 300 BL Size 10 to 14 | 6/0 Black thread | Olive cotton | Thread | Tuft of pheasant filo-plume | Yellow seals fur |
Process
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