SNO-FLY VIII (Midge Swap) Officially Closed (List Is Full)

[Jax]

Hi John; My Flies are tied and should be airborne by tomorrow.

Enjoyed tying some small stuff again. It was fun. Jax

[reelsister]

Flies are ready. Where do I ship? avril

[Alpinefly]

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This is the link to Jax Blushing Midge (picture). Am not sure how to post pic from Photo Bucket.

Recipe:

Jax Blushing Midge

BODY : Light Brown Antron Yarn
RIB : Dark Brown Copper Wire
Wing : Light Brown Antron Yarn
Thorax : Peacock Herl from Sword
Head : Translucent Red Glass Bead with Silver in Hole
Hook : Kamasan B160 # 16
Thread : Benecchi #?

[Alpinefly]

Really nice work avril !!!! I PM'd ya the addy to send midges to !!!!

[Niklas Dahlin]

Flies ready to get airborne... Was thinking about making a Dipter pattern but changed my mind to a "Lazy man´s Black Gnat" that I have been considering for a while.

Partridge SLD #20
Pecock herl stripped (sealed with superglue)
Black Whiting saddle



Later
Niklas

[MikeHampe]

I just finished tying my flies and am ready for an address. I'll try to get a picture of them tomorrow.

-Mike

[AndyBaird]

Hey Sno-fly crew... deadline is approaching :shock:

My offering is now tied, will tag, pack and post this weekend.
Thought long and hard about what to share, and decided on this generic adult midge that fishes well on the local burn AKA Roy's burn.
During early through late evening from mid Summer to the season's close, the air fills with small, light coloured midges - white, grey and pale yellows. The red tailing is purely a trigger - and it works. The mallard flank fibres suggest a trailing shuck. Light dun hackle aids visibility, and whilst I usually clip the hackle so the fly rides low and hook ups aren't diverted by stiff, genetic hackle, I'll leave that to you - drift with, clip and drift without. The extended tails certainly stabilise the fly during the drift on a full collar hackle.

Ghost Midge (Flesk):


Hook: Mustad 94840 #28
Thread: Uni Trico 17/0
Body: dubbed with natural mole, to add a little form and texture
Tailing: Microfibbets, red-brown (curled lightly between thumbnail and index finger)
Shuck: Mallard flank, two barbs
Hackle: Whiting Bronze grade midge saddle, light dun

Offline and out...

[Alpinefly]

Wow !!!!!!!!!! Every thing is looking real sweet !!!!!!!!!!
I have been playing around with a lot of different new designs !!!!!!!!!!
Might even throw in the Virtual Horse Fly, as well since that also counts as a Diptera !!!!!!!!!!
Major tying shift after cranking out 8 dozen BLM Nymphs !!!!!!! LMAO :crazy:

[MikeHampe]

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Here they are.
Backwards Shuttlecock
Hook: TMC 2488 #24
Thread: 14/0 olive
Abdomen: Olive stretch tubing
Thorax: Dark olive SLF dubbing
Wing: CDC
I have a hard enough time threading my tippet to these little hooks with a clean eye much less with a bunch of CDC in the way so I started tying them backwards to keep the eye clear. Just remember to degrease your tippet.

-Mike

[garethl]

Looking fantastic guys!!! Mine went in the post today, fourteen size #24 chironomid emergers which work very well on my home streams and rivers :) Hope you like!!





Hook: Varivas 2200BL-B, #24
Thread: Sheer 14/0, black
Body: Tying thread
Wing/Shuck: Micro Flash, pearl
Wing: Three CDC feathers, natural
Thorax: Squirrel dubbing, natural