Instructions on how to tie a seasonally timely fly
Zebra Midge
By Elaine Cook
Take this one on the Green River Fishout!
Zebra Midge
By Elaine Cook
Take this one on the Green River Fishout!
Hook: Tiemco 2487, size 20-22
Bead: Small silver
Tail: Pearl Krystal Flash
Rib: Fine silver wire
1. Crimp barb.
2. Thread bead on hook, smaller hole first.
3. Attach thread behind bead.
4. Lay silver wire on top of shank butted up against tied on thread, extending towards rear.
5. Wrap thread down shank and engulfing wire to 1/3 around bend of hook.
6. Tie in tail on top of shank where thread ended.
7. Make one wrap of thread beyond wire but on top of tail.
8. Wrap thread back to bead making thin tapered body.
9. Wrap rib forward in about 8 wraps for size 20 hooks, 6 wraps for size 22 hooks.
10. Make one extra wrap of wire behind bead, then twist wire to cut close.
11. Tie thread off behind bead (do not bulk up).
12. Cut tail to two time hook length.
This fly is a perfect tail water (below a dam) fly simulating the smallest insect that fish devour. It is most easily and effectively fished as a dropper behind a dry fly. Use anywhere between 12-18 inches of tippet tied off the bend of your dry fly. If your dry fly moves erratically, disappears, or there is a rise near your dry fly, set up!. The mighty trout probably just took your midge.