Pellucid Midge - #13 of 150

Synonyms for pellucid include:  transparent, translucent, crystalline, bright, limpid and unclouded.  This midge pattern certainly lives up to it's name.

The Pellucid is a pattern that I first developed for lakes of the Pacific Northwest when UV resins first came to the market.  When tied in larger sizes (12-16) the UV resin increased sink rates which aided getting the pattern to the desired depths quickly.  In smaller sizes (down to size 22) Pellucid is a proven tailwater killer, too.

Tying Notes:

1.  This is a fairly straight forward pattern to tie.  The body is wrapped extremlely flat, ribbed and followed by shaping the thorax with thread to a narrow oval shape.  Once the whip finish is complete and the thread is cut a modest amount of UV resign is applied and cured.  After the first coat of UV resin has been applied and cured a red indelible ink pen is used to mark the butt section and thorax area.  Once the ink is dry another coat of UV resin is applied over the ink.  The result is a deep glowing and transparent effect in which the red portion of the body/thorax really standout. You may consider using various colors of indelible ink to achieve desired results.  One proven color is orange. You also consider yellow, olive, brown or any flourescent color.
2.  The body and ribbing colors remain constant. 
3.  In smaller sizes I recommend using a thin, flat laying thread to keep the body as thin as possible to avoid too much build up from the UV resin.

Materials:

Hook:  TMC 200 or Daiichi 1270, sizes 10-22.  (TMC 200 size 20 pictured below.)

Thread:  Appropriate to hook size.  (Black 18/0 Nano Silk pictured,)

Body:  Thread.  Two coats thin UV resins,  After first coat applied, red, hot pink, charteuse or orange to the butt section and/or thorax.  A second coat of UV resin is applied over the ink.

Ribbing:  Hend's 0.09, silver

Thorax: Thread