Midge
Midge
White Bead Head Zebra Midge Sparkle Wing
A white Zebra Midge with an emerger wing — for the moment the pupa reaches the surface.
$18.99
$1.58 per fly
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- Hook size
- 20
- Imitates
- Midge
- Best water
- Spring Creek, Tailwater
- Colour
- White
- Pack
- 12 flies
Fishes for
Brown TroutGraylingRainbow Trout
How to fish it
Fishing notes
Fish it in the top two feet during an emergence, or let a deep drift swing up at the end of the run so the fly rises through the column. The lift is often when it gets eaten.
About this fly
A white Zebra Midge with an emerger wing — for the moment the pupa reaches the surface.
Adding a sparkle wing to a Zebra Midge changes what it represents. The plain version is a pupa in the column; with a wing it becomes a pupa at the point of emergence, gas trapped under the shuck, hanging just below the film. That is the most vulnerable moment in a midge’s life and trout time their feeding to it.
White with a sparkle wing gives you both visibility and the emerger silhouette. Size 20.
Key features
- Sparkle wing turns the pupa into an emerger at the point of hatching
- Imitates the most vulnerable stage of the midge life cycle
- White body keeps it visible in stained water and low light
- Size 20 with a bead head — sinks, then fishes high on the swing
- Best during an active midge emergence when fish are working near the surface
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