Hook: Knapek Midge Pupae #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Red
Body: Wapsi Rabbit Dark Olive
Rib: UTC Wee Wool Yarn Red
Thorax: SLF Spikey Rabbit
Wing: CDC Green
A spikey emerger that sits low in the water. I have not tried the yarn as ribbing before, but it was light and I needed something that wouldn’t weigh the fly down too much.
Following up from the other day I tied up a batch of pale yellow (Hare-Tron Pale Yellow dubbing for body) balloon caddis. I also tried with black/red foam on a couple of them to see how that came out.
I added a bit of white CDC on top of the wing to add a bit of extra life to the fly:
The pale yellow without CDC:
Hook: Dai-Riki 305 #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Hareline Hare’s Ear Chocolate Dubbin
Wing: Hareline Premium Deer, Yellow/Brown foam
Today was balloon caddis time: 10 flies in size #12 with different foam colors. Will continue on the row with the same in size #18 and then tie up some with green body, then white body with white wing.
Hook: TMC 100BL #12
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Green
Body: Hareline Krystal Dub Caddis Green,
Rib: UNI-Mylar #16
Wing: Hareline Para Post Wing Dark Gray
Wing casing: Foam 2mm
Spinner fall can be be the most fun you have, or the most frustrating you can come by…. I’m not quite sure where I picked up this pattern, but it is a good one where you can swap out the colors quite easy and keep in different sizes for that one day where it really matters.
The para post from Hareline is great for these patterns, I’ve used it for a caddis pattern with great success; it floats forever
Bottom view: the imprint this have from underneath is the most important. The colors are important, yes, but look at that imprint
With different wing colors:
Hook: Mustad 94840 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Body: Peacock, Whiting Hackle
Midge season is coming shortly and one of the things you need in the box here in Norway is this palmer midge. A very simple pattern that is quick to tie up a row of in sizes from #14 down to #22
The cork where I have mounted the midges comes from the Sorachi Ace bottle from Brooklyn brewery – if you get a chance to taste this I would recommend sharing a bottle with a friend!
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