Midges are flies that are so overlooked by most anglers. Good tie, Matt.

Good Morning Sir Matt, Awesome Awesome Awesome.

Was fishing Sheep Creek Indian reservation, in a bay with probably 20 other float tubers. Early on everyone was catching fish. At 9:00 am something changed and nobody was catching anything. After switching off several of my favorite flies without any luck, I decided to get a bite to eat. Most of the tubers left. On my way to the bank I noticed a bushy tree that was loaded with bug activity. As I watched I happened to look down and a chironomid crawled onto my float tube and hatched. I got a real good look at it but had nothing in my fly boxes that resembled it. After a sandwich I duplicated it, tying two and getting back to fishing. I got little ways off the bank and cast towards the bank. I let it sink a little and began twitching it up and sinking again like the one that eventually surfaced and hatched on my tube. I began catching fish on almost every cast. I didn’t know what a chironomid was until a bit after that day, but I can tell you it is very effective and always in my fly boxes.

Thanks Matt for the start of another great day

Great little pattern and super effective. Olives and black are the go-to in the home waters. Thanks Matt for sharing

Interesting thing I read while in an upper level entomology class, it is estimated that if all bug life died and was placed on land, it would cover to the depth of about 5'-6'...that's a lot of bugs. 😎 (Disclaimer...I am a wildlife biologist, not an entomologist, so am uncertain to the validity of the above. Lol) Great intro, and great tie. Thanks for sharing, Matt.

I love a midge🤓 Good morning Matt☕️☕️ I did not get skunked in NC I got five five Blue Gill🤣🤣🤣 but water snakes everywhere 🧐

I like how you do your videos on tying your flies.

Had fun tying bunch up Thanks

Another great job Matt.

Hi Matt. I was watching Miller and the outdoors. Wow that young man has a talent. Thank you for pointing his channel out to me. He's about the age I was when I started but much more talented.

I love this fly thank you Matt!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION ,,, WELL DONE 👍

Kool pattern and I think it will be a bunch of fun on the local lake. Thanks Matt!

Great little flies to use here on our many lakes and backwaters. Pretty little one here Matt. Thx!

Great tie as always!

Awesome job showing how quality flies can still be tied with substitutions and not lose the concept of the original pattern. Mega Thx !

Thanks for the history, nice little pattern . Thanks Matt. Tight lines my friend hope you're catching a lot of trout, I'm doing pretty good . Thanks again Denny

I’ll be sure to tie up a few of these! Great little pattern.

Love the Zebra Midge , like the Antron add 👍

Well Matt im heading to the vise for a couple, thanks for sharing ! :)

Thank you Matt for the video of this pattern. I think I need to tie a few in different colors and give it a try! Everyone be safe, thanks again Matt.

Appreciate the scientific narration on midges.🙂 I’ve hardly ever used them but enjoy tying them..just like the ease and way they look.😂 Have a great one Matt! Thanks a lot! 👍🎣

Good morning young man and thank you for another interesting day. Nice pattern!

san get a lot of them done matt. thanks. see ya joe.

Zebra midge is my go to here. Need to make a bunch emerger style for the next trip out Works well under a dropper. Thanks Matt!!

Good morning Matt. Thank you for this pattern . I will be tying a few for the box. Have a great day and stay safe.

Cool pattern!! I’ll have to tie a few of these!! Thanks for sharing the fly and the history behind it Matt!!👍👍

I once dropped a full box (100 count) of size 24 Mustad midge hooks on my shag carpet, spent the next few hours with a magnify glass and tweezers getting them back... LOL 🤣

Great fly Matt. I fish it in my camp lake and the trout love them. Great job love your site. What I like best is I’ve been fly fishing for 50 years and carry and fish almost every “old time” pattern you show how to tie. Keep up the great work.

I tied five of these this afternoon on Tiemco 205 BL caddis pupae, up eye standard wire 5X, wide, semi dropped point barbless hooks. They came out fantastic.

Very great little pattern and proven to catch ton of fish.great tie matt! Thanks.

Nice tie Matt! I don't fish midges much, but I do on occasion. Yes a very effective fly. Super easy to tie in a variety of colors. Thanks for sharing have a great day. 😀

These work wonders when the pan fish/blue gills aren't bitting,, thanks for the tips and ideas,, now I can save some money

Nice and simple. Proven fish catcher. Interesting background. Great looking. You can’t ask for any more than that. Thank you Matt. Great tie and video buddy. Greatly appreciated. God bless.

Thanks Matt. Great little fish catching bug. Between the zebra midge and this guy you have all you need for lots of fun.

Morning Matt. That is the dropper to my hopper every time. If you get a chance, can you tie up a foam pattern. Have a blessed day.

Howdy from Australia, love the banjo music playing when you tie the flies, it's very relaxing. Midge hatches are a feature in the trout lakes close to where I live. I'm still learning and getting advice on the best techniques and methods to fish these. When I get time I'm gonna tie up a heap to these little patterns. Thanks.

Midges are great,but over looked a lot.I treat them like royalty.At times they will save your day.I tie four stages of them.The Larva,Emerger,Adult,and of course the Midge Cluster.I never leave home without my midge box.Caddis time here,largest caddis hatch in years.Having a ball.Have a good week Matt and everone and tight lines.

Pretty. Been busy so I've got some catching up to do. Did get some neat books though.

Nice simple

I love tying chironomids. I’ve had good fishing using them too. I really like tying one with anti-static bags. It gives a great look. Thanks again Matt.

Good morning Matt. Chironomids are often used here when fishing still water I’m finding out. Those resin covered ones should hold up well to fish teeth. Our club has a fishing outing planned for this weekend. I’m looking forward to getting out and seeing some open water for a change. I was out practice casting last night with my fly rod. Heard the term “rust” ? 😀. Take care Matt.

Nice fly. There's a product called Midge Flash, which is basically really fine Krystal Flash, which would make a good substitute for the antron (especially in stained water)

I get a ton of midges where I live in Northeast Ohio this is a sweet pattern definitely gonna tie a bunch of these up!!

Nice simple Midge Matt.

Nice! That is one of the flies i don't have.

Great, simple pattern. We tie them using pearl sparkle braid here in Florida for stillwater and red sparkle braid for moving water. Effective here for panfish (no trout in Florida except speckled saltwater trout). Thanks again for another fun session.

Definitely one of my favorite flies Matt, red, black or purple. I've never caught any on olive for some strange reason 🤔 Thanks for the video

Don Holbrook's book "Midge Magic" is my go to book on midge patterns

fun fact: I like your videos before I watch them!

Yeah, 10,000 of them, I think there's the same amount of patterns 🤔I like this one, but now I crave a candy apple 🍎🤤Good choice for this time of year, there's lots of different midges flying around now, I think they're all in the same family. That's one pattern I've never tied but I've bought some cool ice flies and and used them under the ice and fly fishing in the creeks. They were 3X long curved gold hooks, like a 200 R, with 3 or 4, maybe 5, small green or orange translucent bulges applied to the hook to resemble a segmented body. They never produced for me 😥 but sure looked cool. 😎 No idea how they were made, had to be 20 to 30 years ago when I bought them from a guide at an ice fishing seminar. I'd think that was well before UV resins but would be a cool project with the colored resins of today or a hot glue gun and rotating vise. Thanks Matt, awesome research, outstanding narration and presentation as always. 🤓👍

Well I landed my first fish today for 2022. Also my first Wisconsin Rainbow 🌈 Trout on a fly rod. Just a little guy at 11” but so pretty. It was a catch and release, since opening day is not until this coming Saturday. Caught him on a #8 Black Woolybugger. Can’t wait for the weekend. Then it’s game on, and target which ever species my little heart desires. Just wanted to share.

Hi Matt, we would call that a bloodworm here and we fish them deep and almost static and we use buzzers to imitate midge pupae higher up in the water column, there are literally hundreds of buzzer patterns but the grey boy or traffic light are my favourite two. If you are a bit nerdy/weird you can put a clear container outside your back door filled with water and it won't be long until you have midge pupae in it and you can watch how they swim and hatch and see the colours and sizes, it's fascinating...honest 🤪 Over here they aren't used on rivers, its all stillwater fishing and usually for stocked rainbow trout but they are an important food source for fish in all waters from rivers and ponds to lochs (lakes) and canals. Your fly is a great winter and early season pattern 👌

I still use the old rayon floss with a drop of acetone for midges and head body ants.The acetone melts the floss and hardens nicely.I use UV also but still like the old way.Caught many Brookies and one of my largest browns on a crionomid tied on a Mustad size 16 9174(3x short 3x heavy) so I know tiny works.

A question about your UV resin. Does it change to blue when you take it out into sunlight, or does it remain clear? I've been fooling around with resin, but the stuff I have dries clear, but looks blue in the sunlight. I'm not sure if it goes back to clear underwater.

Good one Matt. I used to buy bloodworms for my tropical fish & they would go nuts eating them. Bet you get the same reaction from almost any fish. This one seems pretty popular. Wonder what the number will be.

Great, Thank you so much for your time and sharing, Please let me know Can this pattern be tied in different colors? Thanks again

This is a great tie Matt, I really enjoy your videos and history on very unique flies. I have a tangential question - you had created a video some time ago and I noticed you used or at least have a whip finisher tool that has a large white handle. I can't find the video again, but am very interested in what specific brand that was or if it was a custom one you made out of a standard brass one? I use a Loon with a cutter today but am always looking for a larger handle, it may be only me but it is much easier to use with large hands. Any info would be appreciated and keep up the great work - thank you for what you do for the community of folks that like to tie flies and fish like me.

Morning Matt! Nice easy one here. Going to try the resin in the bottle. Much better than the squeeze tubes that Solarez comes in. What resin do you prefer to use? Yours looks more liquid than Solarez.

Nice tie ! Can you tell me what brand of resin you use ...... and how smelly it is when cured ?

Antron seems to clump into 1 piece when wet. Any other suggestions? Maybe some sort of floss? Or maybe cdc?

I also have a question I just got uv resin instead of head cement for these and for she'll casings I have noticed both products kind of just flake off after a bit of casting and hitting bottom is this normal ?

The first time I caught a fish on a fly I was using a zebra midge.