Serious Trout fly-fishers have quietly fished tiny flies, called Midges, with surprising results for years.  Why?   Chironomids, the common name for these insects, are globally distributed in virtually any aquatic or semiaquatic water source.  With about 10,000 known species, you are bound to have them in the waters you fly-fish.  Essentially looking like a Mosquito as an adult, the Larval and Pupal stages are important food sources as well.   Since these flies are often very small, with minimal materials, we offer COMBO kits.  Each kit contains 2 different Midge patterns- so you end up with at least a couple dozen finished flies.

Zebra Midge-      The Zebra Midge, might be the most popular Midge pupa pattern.  It is very durable, easy to tie and can be tied in different colors and with different types of beads.  We prefer to tie and fish it in the original color scheme- black body, silver rib and silver bead.  Our kit features a tungsten bead for the fastest sink rate.  We fish the Zebra Midge is many different ways.  But, our two favorite ways are as a “dropper” – either under a dry fly or on a two-fly rig with another wet fly.

Snow Midge-     If you ever fish in the wintertime, especially with snow on the ground, you will undoubtedly see small black Midges and Little Black Stoneflies all over the place seemingly sunning themselves.  This pattern, tied in different sizes, not only works well for those bugs, but can be used during Black Gnat hatches as well.   Take your time tying this pattern and make sure you allow enough hook space for each of the steps.  This is a very productive, all purpose, small fly pattern that is a must in any fly box!

Each “Fly-Kit”^tm  includes:

•  a custom tied fly, carefully packaged in a small plastic box.

•  color, digital, photographs of the tying steps.

•  a letter including material preparation tips & other information.

•  premium hooks in our favorite size.

•  all the necessary materials, hand selected, to tie eleven additional flies- of BOTH patterns.