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Maholo Midge

Midge · Trout · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Curved emerger / pupa hook (Umpqua XT040), 10 (range 8-16)
  • Thread Red 70 denier

Materials

  • Tungsten bead White bead (1)
  • UV Ice Dub (tail/shuck) Pink ice dub (small clump)
  • Copper wire (rib) Copper wire (brassie size)
  • Holographic Flashabou (body) Two-tone (1 strand)
  • UV resin (finish) Clear uv resin (thin coat)

How to tie it

  1. Slide the white tungsten bead onto the hook, secure it in the vise, start the red thread, and dress the shank back past the barb into the bend.
  2. Fold a small bundle of pink UV Ice Dub at its middle, tie it in at the rear, fold it over itself and secure; trim it short and ragged for a stubby shuck.
  3. Tie in the brassie copper wire for the rib at the rear.
  4. Tie in a strand of holographic Flashabou along the side and bind it up the shank to where the thread ended.
  5. Advance the thread to the bead, wrap the Flashabou forward over the shank to just behind the bead, take an extra wrap behind the bead, and tie off; trim.
  6. Counter-wrap the copper wire forward in evenly spaced open turns for segmentation; secure behind the bead and helicopter off.
  7. Build a small red thread head that transitions into the bead and whip finish.
  8. Coat the body with a thin layer of UV resin, leaving the rib standing proud, and cure with a UV light.

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