Poly Winged Midge

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This pattern can be tied in sizes from 14 to 26. In the larger sizes black seals fur tends to be used for the body. I have elected to omit the dubbing. There is a supplementary step at no 11 which bears no reference to the actual tying but is offered as 'food for thought'.

 

Tying Materials

 

Hook: Size 14 - 26 Dry fly. Demonstrated using a Fulling Mill Easy AP Light barbless size 18.

Thread: Black UTC70

Rib: Fine silver wire.

Wing: White savage hair.

Hackle: Black cock

 

Tying Method

 

Step 1: Secure the hook in the vice with the point protruding.

 

Step 2: Catch in the thread and trim off tag end.

 

Step 3: Catch in fine wire and wind back to a point opposite the hook point.

 

Step 4: Wind thread forward. Wind the wire in open turns to form rib and tie in with 2 turns of thread.

 

Step 5: After removing waste end of wire select a few strands of white savage hair.

 

Step 6: Tie in savage hair as a wing. Length is not too important as we can trim to proportion upon completion.

 

Step 7: Select a black cock hackle with fibre length approximately 1 to 1-1/2 times hook gape.

 

Step 8: Catch in the cock hackle and wind as a throat hackle.

 

Step 9: Tie in hackle and trim waste end.

 

Step 10: Whip finish, varnish and trim poly wing to correct proportion.

 

Tying continues in part 2

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Poly Winged Midge Part 2

 

Step 11: I have selected this hook type to demonstrate a 'half tie' method for this style of fly. Omitting the wing and only using half a body it is possible to suggest a smaller fly for a larger hook. You may wish to consider this should you wish to start tying smaller flies than you currently undertake. I have included this here because it was the first fly that I ever tried the 'half tie' method on when I first started fly dressing.