There you have it, the main reasons why all fly anglers carry midges in various stages of development in their boxes. Midge larva are always present in the watershed. Midge pupa are easy targets for ...

Tie on the Midge Pupa and fish it light and fine for some incredible action. Midge PupaHook: Standard wet or dry in sizes 18 and 20. Tail: None. Abdomen: Black dubbing. Rib: White thread.

When we target winter nymphing, the earliest stages in the midge life cycle are the focus — the larva and pupa stages. The cold water holds insects in these two stages for an extended period as they ...

As the day wears on and the air and water temperatures rise, look for the trout to slowly transition to the shallower riffles where the midges prefer to hatch. Pupa and emerger patterns now become ...

Between 2,000 and 3,000 Jujubee Midge packs, each containing a dozen flies, sell annually in the U.S. “It’s a general midge, so anywhere there’s midges, that fly will work,” Craven said.

Mas Okui’s Hot Creek Emerger is a suspender style fly that works great when trout are rising to midge pupa. (Ed Engle - Courtesy photo) ...

For April 4, tan midge pupae worked quite well. The red midge larva was second most popular, with the pink soft-hackle sowbug and tan soft-hackle sowbug catching a couple.

It’s midwinter and midges are the name of the game for fly fishers plying the Front Range tailwaters. Well, I should say midges are mostly the name of the game, but more on that later. For th… ...