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| Fly recipe Hook: Scud or Emerger Hook (Dai Riki #135 #125) Size # 20-24 Thread: 8/0 Uni Thread (Match to Color of Midge) Tail: Spanflex & Pearl Krystal Flash or Pearl Midge Flash Collar: Herl & Scud Dubbing or SLF Prism Dub Pearl Bead: Spirit River Hi-Lite Glass Beads (Light Apricot or Pearl) Tying instructions: Step 1: Slide the bead onto the hook and then secure your hook in the vise and attach the thread to the hook leaving it 1/3 of the hook length behind the bead. Step 2: Take one strand of spanflex and one strand of pearl krystal flash or midge flash. Place the two strands together and twist until the two form a sort of candy cane type look. Then let the spanflex twist back against itself into a tail that has the krystal flash in the middle of it. This is going to be your tail and the main portion of the fly so mess around with it until you are happy with how it looks. You are only going to use a ½ inch of this so make sure it is at least that long. Step 3: Once you have your twisted spanflex formed tie it in at roughly 1/3 of the way back from the bead, ensuring that you have it tied down so the spanflex won't unravel and so you have something to wrap your herl over top of. Step 4: Now tie in a single strand of peacock herl and wrap it forward to the bead, this will form the first portion of your collar, just make sure you don't crowd the head too much. Step 5: To finish off the fly grab a few strands of the scud dubbing or prism dub and lightly spin those onto the thread. You want the dubbing to be loose so that the strands can form a small spiky collar. Wrap this in front of the peacock herl and whip finish and pick out a few strands of dubbing. Notes: This is a little variation on a Willy's Pip and a Palomino Midge. I like to fish this in olive, brown, tan, black and red colors. The little bit of sparkle in the butt and the spanflex movement creates a nice simple little pattern that works pretty darn well in any place you have a lot of midge larvae in the water. This is a midge pattern you can have confidence in from the Madison to the Missouri and is very easy to tie, what more can you ask for? |
