tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006067737542850060.post526738370779421529..comments2023-06-18T01:18:32.567-07:00Comments on Drifting The Prairie Ocean Outdoor Journal: Chapter 58 Day 42 - Trout SeasonBarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10602307576524360674noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006067737542850060.post-18614129345366750972011-12-13T10:39:32.587-08:002011-12-13T10:39:32.587-08:00Sounds like some good reads out there on the midge...Sounds like some good reads out there on the midge. Been a while since I've added to the fly fishing library, so thanks for the reviews on the books.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602307576524360674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006067737542850060.post-44885880997140864142011-12-13T06:42:29.728-08:002011-12-13T06:42:29.728-08:00I love midges. The simplicity of them makes for s...I love midges. The simplicity of them makes for short time at the vise, and in cold winter water, they just flat out catch fish. <br /><br />"Modern Midges" by Rick Takahashi is filled with great patterns through every life stage. I have two thin Orvis boxes dedicated to midges, and it goes with me every time I fish, either on the Blue or LMF or on my travels to other states.Fin and Feathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03481360778212524589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006067737542850060.post-90692279804189402692011-12-12T16:23:07.349-08:002011-12-12T16:23:07.349-08:00Barry,
After reading "Midge Magic" by D...Barry,<br /><br />After reading "Midge Magic" by Don Holbrook, as I've mentioned, I became enamored with his easy to tie pupa of various threads depending on size. He sees color as SUPREME importance. I began using a stomach pump, the fish must be over 14" but I do it on larger fish only, and found that it provided valuable clues as to stage, size and color of tiny diptera that were eaten. These are wild browns of very large size in a regional river, picky, but the flies tied from samples taken from trout just worked. I also caught the same 17" fish twice in one day and again later that season after one use of the pump. It's safe. Love midges if I fish for winter trout. I'd try it.<br /><br />GreggGregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02623587945737239141noreply@blogger.com