Big midge hatch the other day on Greenlake in Seattle. Shucks everywhere! No rises. How would you fly fish this… Emergers? Thank you!
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Crispylettuce0 on
Those are Chironomids also called buzzers. Your fly shop will have a plethora of these. Fish them under an indicator. Try different sizes and depths.
janoks on
I would use a washing line or straight line nymph rig with a team of flies (if legal). The team can consist of various stages of the midge hatch. The advantage of these methods is that they are good at searching for what depth and stage they are feeding at. If you are only using dries, then there are often distinct periods off the day there are large enough hatches for the trout to feed on the surface. In my parts its often mid day and later in the evening. I would personally not use emergers or duns if there are no fish rising.
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Those are Chironomids also called buzzers. Your fly shop will have a plethora of these. Fish them under an indicator. Try different sizes and depths.
I would use a washing line or straight line nymph rig with a team of flies (if legal). The team can consist of various stages of the midge hatch. The advantage of these methods is that they are good at searching for what depth and stage they are feeding at. If you are only using dries, then there are often distinct periods off the day there are large enough hatches for the trout to feed on the surface. In my parts its often mid day and later in the evening. I would personally not use emergers or duns if there are no fish rising.