How to Tie the Jim Dandy Midge Emerger
Fly Recipe
Hook – TMC 2488H #16-18 (or equivalent midge pupa hook)
Thread – 8/0 Red or Black
Body – Midge Tubing Black
– Ultra Wire Small White
Wing – White Ostrich Plume / or CDC
Thorax – Peacock Herl
Tie in your wire first, followed by the wire and wrap your thread back toward the eye of the hook
Wrap you midge tubing forward and secure
Follow behind with the wire and secure
Tie in a small puff of ostrich plume facing back and trim to size
Tie in a couple pieces of peacock herl
Wrap the peacock herl forward, whip finish and your’e all set!