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Bling Midge

Midge · Trout · Intermediate · 5 versions

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Standard midge, 18-24
  • Thread Silver 8/0

Materials

  • Body Flat silver tinsel or flashabou (wrapped)
  • Rib Fine silver wire (2 inches)
  • Wing White CDC or poly (tiny puff)
  • Bead Silver bead (1 small)

How to tie it

  1. Slide a small silver bead onto the hook.
  2. Tie in flat tinsel or Flashabou at the bend. Flat tinsel catches light differently than round wire. It creates a broader, flatter flash signature.
  3. Wrap the tinsel forward in smooth, flat turns to the 80% mark. Keep each wrap tight against the last. Gaps in flat tinsel look messy.
  4. Counter-wrap fine silver wire in 4-5 turns for segmentation and to protect the tinsel.
  5. Tie in a tiny wing puff of white CDC or poly, just enough to see on the water.
  6. Whip finish behind the bead.

Other versions

4 more in the app: Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 1, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 2, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 3, Fly Fish Food Tie, variant 4.

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