Midge Video

This topic is about the True Fly Family Chironomidae

Midges are the most important aquatic insects in some places, especially fertile spring creeks where they are extremely abundant and the current is so slow that it's efficient for trout to surface feed on very tiny insects.

Some midges are large, up to hook size 14, but the majority are size 22 or smaller. The number of genera and species is hopelessly huge for angler entomologists to ever learn, and the identifing characteristics often require slide-mounting tiny parts under high-powered microscopes. Even the most Latin-minded fisherman must slip back to the basics--size and color--to describe his local midge hatches. Read more...

Chironomidae (Midges) Midge Larva (2 Pictures)

Male Stictochironomus Midge Adult (11 Pictures)

Chironomidae (Midges) Midge Pupa (5 Pictures)

There are 20 more specimens...

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JAD	March 4th, 2010, 11:06 am
Alexandria Pa Posts: 362	I thing some members will like this video on midges. http://www.midcurrent.com/video/clips/cutter_midge.aspx Best JAD
	They fasten red (crimson red) wool around a hook, and fix onto the wool two feathers which grow under a cock’s wattles, and which in colour are like wax. Radcliffe's Fishing from the Earliest Times,

Falsifly	March 4th, 2010, 11:14 am
Hayward, WI. Posts: 442	Thanks John
	Falsifly When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."

Falsifly	March 4th, 2010, 11:56 am
Hayward, WI. Posts: 442	John , since you brought up my favorite topic I thought I would add this for those who may have missed it. http://www.troutnut.com/topic/1827
	Falsifly When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."

Oldredbarn	March 4th, 2010, 12:32 pm
Novi, MI Posts: 1218	John, Thanks for bringing the vid to our attention. April 1st near here they stock a small pond and it's only real food is midges...It's the only time I really get to stillwater fish for trout...It's less than a month away! Spence

Shawnny3	March 4th, 2010, 1:58 pm
Moderator Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 1108	Very cool. Thanks for sharing. -Shawn
	Jewelry-Quality Artistic Salmon Flies, by Shawn Davis www.davisflydesigns.com

Martinlf	March 4th, 2010, 6:16 pm
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 1722	John, I'm probably going to buy this one. Thanks. --Louis
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell

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