Rising midge

 

This fly is designed to be fished on the drop and then on the rise. It was originally designed to imitate the action of lake Jindabyne olive midges as they hatched but it has proven useful in other fisheries.

Materials

Hook Body Thread Wing casing legs Thorax
10 to 14 dry fly hook Olive cotton Olive thread Pheasant tail Olive hackle stripped one side Olive dubbing

Process

A
     

  1. Wind the cotton up and down the hook shank between the 95% position and just past the bend of the hook forming a thin tapered body.
  2. Return the cotton two thirds of the way up the hook shank and tie your thread in.

B
  1. Tie the cotton off with the thread and trim the cotton.
  2. Tie in 6 or 7  pheasant tail barbules at the 2/3 position. These will become the wing casing.
  3. Take the thread forward to the 95% position.

C
  1. Select a hackle that has barbules about as long as the gape of the hook and strip the barbules of the right hand side.
  2. Tie the stripped hackle in at the 95% position with the remaining barbules facing you.
  3. Load your thread with a small amount of dubbing and as you wind back to the 2/3 position dub ona thorax just a little thicker than the rear 2/3 of the fly.

D
  1. Wind the hackle back to the 2/3 position taking just 3 or 4 even wraps of the hackle.
  2. Tie the hackle off with the thread.
  3. Trim the excess hackle with a blade.
  4. Take the thread forward to the 95% position taking care not to tie down any of the hackle barbules.

E
  1. Pull the wing casing over the top of the fly and tie it off at the 95% position.
  2. Build up a neat thread head.
  3. Whip finish and varnish the head.



Last Updated: January 28, 2011
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