Continuing our series on midges….

You’ve seen them countless times when out on the river, wiping them out of your ears and eyes, and blowing them out of your nose - adult midges form mating swarms.

These amorous midges most often form mating clusters which fall back into the water, allowing trout to consume large volumes of midges quite easily, and of course these clusters are favored targets.

That’s also why the old favorites like a Griffith’s Gnat or Renegade will take fish - we’ve had days on the South Fork of the Snake in Idaho and on the Missouri when you could take fish all day on a size 20 Renegade.

Do trout ever rise selectively to tiny adult midges? - yes, they do - we’ve seen it on the Firehole this fall.  Fishing pupal forms in the film will produce fish in this scenario, though we still find it easier to fish midge cluster flies rather than a size 26 or 28 midge dry…..

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