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Harrop's Hanging Midge

Midge · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Classic Recipe

  • Hook Tiemco 100 standard dry-fly hook, #18-22
  • Thread Black 30D Nanosilk (or 8/0)

Materials

  • Thread Black Semperfli Nano Silk 30D (1 spool)
  • Abdomen Black goose biot (1 biot)
  • Thorax Adams gray Superfine dry-fly dubbing (pinch)
  • Wing/post White CDC feather (1 feather)
  • Hackle Grizzly rooster (dry-fly) hackle (1 feather)
  • Adhesive Zap-A-Gap / thin super glue (tiny drop)

How to tie it

  1. Lay a thread base from behind the eye to above the barb. Run a tiny drop of Zap-A-Gap along the rear shank.
  2. Tie in a black goose biot by the tip at the bend, notched edge up, and wrap it forward in touching turns over the rear two-thirds of the shank to build a slim, clearly segmented abdomen; tie off at the 65% point.
  3. Tie in one white CDC feather by the tip at the 65% point as an upright post about one shank length tall. The buoyant CDC post holds the head up so the biot abdomen hangs down vertically like a rising midge.
  4. Tie in a grizzly rooster hackle at the base of the post, then dub a small ball of Adams gray Superfine around the thorax area.
  5. Wind the grizzly hackle 3-4 turns parachute-style around the base of the CDC post and tie off; trim the excess.
  6. Whip finish behind the eye and add a tiny drop of cement to the thread.

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