I am sure, at one time or another, most of use have used a version of the Foam Wing Emerger.  The only differnces between the Foam Wing Emer...

Matt Grobert's efforts at coming up with a more durable version of a Griffith's Gnat hit double bullseye.  He calls it simply:  Mat...

I believe the orginator of this exceptional pattern is Eric Atha.   If any of you blog readers know for sure drop me a comment below. Note...

Here is one of my secret patterns and it is time to let the cat out of the bag  Maybe I should say... tiger instead. "Tora" tr...

Matt McCannel, guide and Umpqua Signature Fly Designer, is the creative mind behind the Neon Nightmare.  The pattern is tied in fluorescent...

Hot orange juice doesn't sound like it would whet the human palate, but the pattern finds itself in the corner of a fish's jaw quit...

If you like to incorporate bugginess into your patterns look no further than my Hatching Midge.  The thorax (muskrat) and collar (CDC) sedu...

As the name implies the 2N1 can imitate midges and mayflies.  I mainly tie this pattern in gray and brown, but a few in black, olive, olive...

The name Egg Sucking Midge (or ESM) is quite the misnomer, eh?   Or is it?   I have delved into the subject  on and off over the years and ...

This version of the Pheasant Tail Midge is nothing special.   There quite a few patterns that utilize pheasant tail however, I've added...

I have my own version of the Zebra Midge that may be a little more effective that what you are accustomed to tying/fishing.  If you watched...

Mark Boname is the originator of the Bionic Midge.  The Krystal Flash tail makes for a great shuck as well as a trigger feature.  Couple th...

A size 30 midge?  I just wanted to see if I could tie one!  A size 28 should be a cake walk, eh? I plan on tying a few more in different c...

I have been tweaking a lot of my midge patterns since arriving in California.  Living so close to some demanding and sometimes unforgiving ...

Continuing along with simplistic midge patterns....  The Ribbon Candy (name) reminded me of my youth when grandma had bowls of ribbon candy...

Whoever was the first to discover micro tubing came up with a simple and quick tie that will fill up a row or two in a fly box in short ord...

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

Rick Takahashi, co-author of Modern Midges: Tying & Fishing the World's Most Effective Patterns , is the originator of this solid pe...

The Red Ass is another pattern that utilizes Veevus Body Quill.   The red butt is transparent and imitates hemoglobin in some midges.  Howev...

The spawning period on Putah Creek is just about over.  (Yes it January!)  And it is nearly time is to start making the weekly trips to scr...