What it imitates
A cluster of midges sat in the surface film.
When to fish it
Flat calm evenings when trout are sipping tiny stuff you can barely see.
Materials
- Peacock herl
- Grizzly cock hackle
- Black 12/0 thread
Steps
- 1
Start the thread and tie in a small grizzly hackle by the stem at the bend.
- 2
Tie in one strand of peacock herl and wind it forward as a fuzzy body.
- 3
Palmer the grizzly hackle forward over the herl in open even turns.
- 4
Tie off behind the eye, whip finish tiny and trim any stray fibres.