This week Umpqua Signature Tyer Dylan Gonzales joins us at the vise to tie the 1 O'clock Midge, a sparse, dialed-in midge pattern built to fool pressured trout in tailwaters, spring creeks, and stillwater. Tied on a size 20 short-shank curved nymph hook with a fine copper rib, sparse Fluoro Fibre, and slick UV resin, this fly punches well above its weight when the midges pop. Drop it as a dropper under a Griffith's Gnat, run it as a trailer behind a zebra midge, or fish it solo on long 6X-7X fluoro tippet. When trout key on midges, you want this one in the box. ? SUBSCRIBE for a new fly every Tuesday: Tie it. Fish it.
1 O'Clock Midge recipe
- HookTiemco TMC 2488H Short Shank Heavy Wire Nymph, Size 20
- ThreadSemperfli Nano Silk, Black, 30d
- RibUTC Ultra Wire, Copper, XS
- WingJust Add H2O Fluoro Fibre, Black
- CheeksSemperfli Cheeky UV Tinsel, White
- FinishLoon Outdoors UV Clear Finish
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