I’ve found myself concentrating on “suspender midge patterns” which are designed to imitate midge pupa that hang vertically in the surface film of calmer water before the adult midge emerges ...

The palomino midge is an exaggerated imitation of this plump stage in midge development. The Smokejumper and Top Secret flies are two more great midge pupa patterns. Important colors for midge pupa ...

San Juan River: Counselor resident Michelle Haines caught a 20-inch rainbow trout on Oct. 18 using a brown San Juan worm. In addition to the brown San Juan worms, fishing for trout in the quality ...

Although this hasn t been much of a winter for snow and cold, it has been wintry enough to keep me inside most of the time. That has left me with ...

BASALT – Fishing has been hot! Right now the sweet spot on the Roaring Fork and Fryingpan is between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., the bankers’ hours. There is no real need to get out there too early; let the ...

This is where you break out your midge larva and midge pupa imitations and carefully nymph ... Everything that applies on the South Platte River tailwaters in terms of fly patterns and tactics ...

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Midges rule the local water for the next few months. Sporadic hatches of Blue-Winged Olives (BWOs) may appear, but the mainstay for repeatable success rides on the smallest nymphs in your fly box. If ...

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.

Midges, like any of the other bottom-dwelling aquatic insects, must rise through the water to reach the surface. The pupae stage occurs during this time and gives the tyer another kid of fly to ...

In addition to the brown San Juan worms, fishing for trout in the quality waters was good using black, crème and red midge pupa pattern flies, small Baetis nymph flies and RS2’s.