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The family Chironomidae are part of the “True Fly” or Diptera order and included non-biting Midges such as those that sometimes swarm around you like small mosquitoes but don't bite. The general form of the pupa has 9 segments a thin body and is typically up to 10 mm in length. When midges are emerging they emerge in large numbers and fish often feed on them at the exclusion of all other offerings. At times the midges ball up forming dense colonies that roll along the surface of the water and are eagerly targeted by trout.

Materials

Process

A	Starting at the eye of the hook wind the thread in touching turns to the bend of the hook leaving a long tag end at the bend of the hook. Understanding hooks Tie in a length of white antron along the top of the hook shank with ends sticking out both the front and back of the hook.

B	Tie a peacock herl in at the bend of the hook and wind it all the way along almost to the eye of the hook. Tie in badger hackle. Dry fly hackle

C	Palmer the hackle down to the bend of the hook. Palmering hackle Pick up the long tag end of thread that you left in step "A" and wind it up to the eye of the hook locking the palmered hackle all the way along the hook shank.

D	Tie of the tag end of the thread and tie of the main thread at the eye of the hook under the front tuft of antron. Trim the but end of the hackle. Trim the antron both at the front and back.

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