Zebra Midge

[Josh Barnett]

http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/photopost/data/602/zebra.jpg

Hook- #22 curved shank
Thread- 8/0 black and white
Body- Black thread
Rib- White thread
Thorax- Peacock Herl
head- Black thread

Submitted by ReviveOurHomes.

[fishinbub]

that fly looks cool

[leadoverdistance]

That is great. The herl you use on a size 22 and smaller needs to be small itself, right? How do you select this, as the herl I have tends to make the heads too large? Is there a better technique, like dubbing shaved fibers ont the thread?

Thanks for the pattern!

Paul Helmbold

[merganser]

Paul, I have some Hareline Krystal Dubbing that I got at Fish Hawk. One of the colors is a peacock imitation.

Like you said, I just make a small thorax out of dubbing. I do the same thing with Lightning Bugs too.

[leadoverdistance]

Thanks Merganser. I will give that a whirl. I have some peacock life cycle somewhere. It may be too coarse though. Somebody should start a thread entitled "Materials for micro nymphs and midges!" SERIOUSLY! :)

Josh , Doo eet!:cool:

Thanks again

Paul

[Josh Barnett]

If you're using natural peacock for these tiny flies, yes, they need to be TINY. You can use the tip section and only make a couple of wraps, but the tip sections of peacock tend to be weak and will often tear easily. But, as merganser mention, the peacock dubbing makes an excellent substitute. For flies in this size range two or three wraps of peacock dubbing does the same thing and is much more durable.

Josh Barnett

[Flyman NC]

LOD,
Pick up a couple peacock eyes. The stem of the herl is much smaller towards the eye, much better for these small flies applications than strung herl.

http://www.peacocksforever.com/ifeath.gif

[leadoverdistance]

Thank you for the info...... I didn't think about that. As a kid we used to pick up lots of peacock tail feathers in the local park! They weren't popular as they howled from our next or neighbour's house. I now ask the sportsmen I occasionally fly to Nebraska, for pheasant tails. However, there are no peacocks in the cornfields up there :)

Thanks for posting FMNC!

Paul

[Fletch_W]

Under what conditions would you use such a tiny nymph? Thanks.

[Rocketroy]

Under what conditions would you use such a tiny nymph? Thanks.

Nymph or Dry!........makes no difference,when clear water meets wary hard worked trout,small gets-em! It,s my opinion,that it is far better to start small and work up the "Size range",than to start big and work down,unless you are one of the rare guys,that can identify all phases of bug hatches...........,and there aren,t too many out there who can consistantly do so! I,m too lazy to learn,but hook-em up pretty good,by following my own advice! An easy way is to use them as a dropper off any weighted fly/line,with/without a strike indicator! One example of effectiveness in going small,or not at all,is on the tailwater section of the San Juan River,below Navaho dam in northern N.M.! Size 20-26 is routine,and is a highly recommended winter fishery,near Durango, Co. True also, of many Western waters! Regards, Rocketroy

[childers]

its hard to use them that small i find it hard to tie them on then