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Category: Midges

Special Hooks for Midges

August 4, 2015November 29, 2017 BlogFlyFish

It was a great pleasure to meet Joe C. at the Y Pool. He’s an accomplished angler. A great tip he shared was about using “big eye” midge hooks. Putting on a size 30 midge emerger is a total pain, and it requires thin tippet. But, if you’re fishing for the big ‘bows at the

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Small Flies for the Swift River

July 5, 2015September 18, 2017 BlogFlyFish

With the Upper Swift now fully stocked, I tonight tied some midge mergers in sizes #28 to #32. I love the WD-40 fly and think it’s a killer fly for the Swift.     After a lot of frustration, I feel I’m now starting to get a hang for making them. I use tweezers to

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A Killer Fly for the Swift River

March 21, 2015September 22, 2017 BlogFlyFish

Tailwater trout are finicky, given the abundance of food. Tailwater trout in catch and release areas, I suspect, are even more choosy. That’s why the WD-40 fly has been fun to fish, particularly in the Swift River C&R area. It has fooled the wily rainbows there.  Tied in a small size, like #28 to #32,

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