Featured Fly - Rough Fishers Serendipitous Midge

As shown in my last post, this is one of my top 10 midges to fish in the winter. It is a very flashy and loud fly, so low clear water is not the best time to use it. However a little high and off color water, this little guys kills it. 

Materials:

Hook: TMC 2457 sz. 18-24

Bead: Tungsten Bomb Bead - Silver 

Thread: UNI Thread 8/0 - Blue 

Rib: Ultra Wire - Small - Blue 

Body: Mirage Tinsel - Med 

Wing: Ice Dub - Golden Brown 

Collar: Ice Bud - Black 

Step 1: Make a small thread base right behind the bead.

Step 2: Tie in the Ultra Wire and the Tinsel.

Step 3: Make a thread base, tying the material back to below the hook bend.

Step 4: Tightly wrap the tinsel forward, making a nice body.

Step 5: Wrap the Ultra Wire forward, forming a nice rib.

Step 6: Center tie a clump of Ice Dub right behind the bead.

Step 7: Wrap over the ice dub, making it fold back over the fly.

Step 8: Trim the ice dub.

 Step 9: Make a small collar with the black ice dub.

Step 10: Whip finish and cut off.

Finished Fly:

 

Tully Report - It's Getting Cold

Well, it might not officially be winter yet, but it's certainly starting to feel like it out there. The Tully is flowing at an awesome flow right now 188 cfs, this is perfect for throwing an indicator or slowly swinging a streamer in front of those hungry trout. I have been out there a good bit the past two weeks, and I can say that fishing small nymphs under and indicator has been the most productive. Small size 18 to 22 or even 24 midges of all colors have been working well. On clear sunny days the smaller stuff seems to work a bit better, and with cloudy or higher water the larger and bringer stuff is working just as good. Smaller pheasant tails, and hares ears have been by go to flies for getting the even smaller stuff down in the zone. On top of that, the fresh fingerlings have been very active, eating just about anything that comes their way. I have even seen little pods of them rising to small midges on her surface. So look for some sun and get out there, the mornings have been slow until the water warms up a bit, but mid day into the evening have been awesome!!!