Hook: TMC 100 #22
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Thorax: Taimen Beaver Dubbing, black
Hackle: Whiting
The ice is just gone from most of the small lakes surronding Oslo, and yesterday, while having a look at one location, I observed several large midges flying around. So: time to fill up with a range of these midges to be ready for the weekend.
Hook: Partridge Klinkhamer X-treme #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Wapsi SLF Squirrel – Natual Fox
Thorax: Peacock
Wing-post: Poly-yarn
Hackle: Whiting
Up to when it is time to tie in the hackle this pattern is very simple, but once you get the tie-in of the hackle around the wing-post it comes down to avoiding trapping too much hackle beneath the thread.
The poly-yarn gives good visual aid to the fly and if you look from underneath it you can see the footprint it will give on the surface. A great pattern that can be varied with colors and scruffiness to achive different behaviour.
Hook: Knapek Midge Pupae #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Taimen Beaver Dubbing – Grey
Wing: Hareline Premo Deer – Olive, CDC Dark Olive
Emerger with Deer wing – can be tied with even less hair to make it slender and light
Hook: DR 305 #10
Thread: UNI 6/0 Brown
Body: Single Olive Green CDC feather, wrapped around the hook
Wing: Hareline Premo Deer – Olive
Experimenting on the CDC & Deer pattern – found a CDC feather with long fibres that should give a lot of life on the surface. Have not fished with this one yet, but this should work as a atractor on the surface.
Hook: DR 305 #10
Thread: UNI 6/0 Brown
Body: Taimen Beaver Dubbing – Green Olive, UTC Ultra Wire Gold
Wing: Hareline Premo Deer – Olive, CDC Dark Olive
Floats really good and the extra CDC in the front of the wing gives extra life to the fly. A general go-to pattern that can be varied a lot: the general silhouette on this makes it usable in many situations.
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