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Important Winter Insects

Tar Heel Fly Fishing | December 9th 2009

It's that time of year. Yes Christmas, but to us fly fisherman, Winter brings these two reliable aquatic insects: the Blue Wing Olives (Baetis) and midges (Diptera). In fact, these two aquatic insects may be the only consistent bugs hatching througho read more

Fly of the Month – Modified Zebra Midge

Outdoors International - Hunting and Fishing Information, Ne… | December 8th 2009 by Cory Glauner

Late fall has arrived and a short flurry of snow here today reminded me that winter is on its way. Unless your favorite fishing location closes for the winter though you don’t need to hang up the fly rod just yet. I have a pattern that has becom read more

FromTheForum: Josh Almond’s “New job and a good day of fishin…

TroutLegend | December 8th 2009

Got a job at a shop up in the mountains (finally out of the flatland!), so I headed up yesterday to get the work schedule situated and do some fishing. Fish were popping little black stones and midges in the calmer water. But anyone that knows this read more

This is not an elephant

Caught In The Stream | November 29th 2009 by Francis Scudellari

"This is not an elephant,"he confides to the childas they oval roundcaptive creatures foreignand featured in glassy habitats."See those four stout stumpswith their loose-pebble bottoms,rooting him to the dust-bound earthwhere his great girth grows?"" read more

Two Experiments for Midges (The Macro Shows the Flaws)

Swittersb Weblog | November 23rd 2009 by Gary Muncy

These are kind of like a Palomino Midge pattern. I used a size 18 hook and 14/0 thread (black and gray). The extended body is the micro dubbing brush, the wing is packing bubble wrap pieces and the wing case is pink antron on the left and cream on read more

BEING DIPTERA…

Planettrout | November 22nd 2009 by Tim Barker

Well, Midges – the most prolific bug in,on and around water…especially NOW… Michael, freezing on the Owens River in January. 2004… Here are some patterns I have whipped up based on the proven ties by a bunch of fellows I will me read more

Enjoy the nice weather now... (aka Got Neoprenes??)

Tar Heel Fly Fishing | November 21st 2009

As of now, the fishing can't get much better. Most rivers and streams in the western Carolinas are running above average, but not bad at all. The Davidson River is running at 284 cfs with crystal clear water. If your heading to the hatchery section o read more

Upstaged by a Frog?

Singlebarbed.com | November 19th 2009 by kbarton10

Cameron Mortenson of The Fiberglass Manifesto recently gave away a set of the Precious, for any stalwart willing to tie midges. A worthy contest, liable to bring the worst of a fellow’s character to the fore – what with inhaled fly hooks, go read more

Root, root, root for their old team

River Avenue Blues | November 14th 2009 by Joe Pawlikowski

When the Yanks won the World Series against the Phillies a mere 10 days ago, Yankee fans all over breathed a collective sigh of relief. The team had finally beaten down the ghosts of 2001, 2003 and 2004 and the lack of pitching depth in the years aft read more

Stick Fly (Chironomid Cluster Pattern)

Swittersb Weblog | November 8th 2009 by Gary Muncy

I previously wrote about this pattern (7/15/08) and found reference to it again as a stillwater pattern suggestive of a cluster of midges/chironomids that have hatched or are hatching and clustered together. The Griffith’s Gnat is often suggest read more

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