Re: What Is That On The Lake?
I never dreamed midges were that small. I've been using nothing but bushy flies. Mostly attractors. I've never tried fishing the lake with flies though. I just never looked that close to the water before. I don't use any subsurface flies. I'll get some small Griffith flies and see if I can catch something. I'll have to get some tippet too. I don't think i'll squeeze my normal 5x on a fly that small.
I don't see them flying around at all. Just laying on the water squirming around. Maybe I just can't see them in the air?
I did read about rises. I could have swore it said if you see a ring with bubbles it a surface feed. Without the bubbles it's subsurface. That's wrong?
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well,,, have tons of fun with 7-8x tippet! :lol:
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Originally Posted by flyandtie
well,,, have tons of fun with 7-8x tippet! :lol:
Should be a good test for the Hexagraph. It's showing up tomorrow.
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I need to get a tiny net. This is kind of fun matching the bugs. They sure are small though.
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Gramps,
In all seriousness, there is a thread floating around titled, "Chironomid (I think I finally spelled it write), check it out. A Chronomid is the larvae of what you see flying around in clouds. The majority of the fish are feeding on these below the surface. They start life down at the bottom of the lake bed or on the greenery that grows below. When the time comes they swim straight up (or at least they try), and this is when they become very vulnerable to fish. The ones that make it to the top become the midges that fly into your hair, and the others that see you as a buffet.
You will probably have a better chance of catching a fish if you learn how to fish a chromonid, although I too am just learning. This is just from what I've learned myself.
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I ordered this. Good or bad?
Beadhead Zebra Midge
Color=Black
Size=18
1 Frog Hair Freshwater Tippet
Size=6X
5 Griffith Gnat
Size=22
5 Midges
Color=Black
Size=22
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Gramps, you don't live that far away any more. Those specks are Midges.
Those size 32's I talk about are starting to make sence...right :lol:
Griffith is good (looks like a cluster of them) I also tie a real simple #28 with a tuft of antron out by the eye and out by the bend with a thread body (Purple works killer "?") You can fish it as a Pupa, a Chironomid or a dry...killer fly.
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How can a size 32 hook hold a trout? Not that i'd ever be able to thread it.
btw.. I'm still in Ca.
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sounds good to me!
maybe get some smaller sizes soon.
liek 24-26 :)
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Originally Posted by flyandtie
sounds good to me!
maybe get some smaller sizes soon.
liek 24-26 :)
Lets see if I can see the 22's first. ;)