Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: DragonSpeed on May 24, 2005, 11:59:31 PM
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I was fishing Deer Lake (Harrison) on Monday, and there were 1000's of little larvae on the surface. They were clustered in groups of about 10-20. Small black, and j-shaped. from a distance, the cluster looked like a dragon fly's wing (veined but transparent) On closer inspection they were clusters of these little insects, of which I had no fly that matched :( Fish were rising to a boil for them.
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chironomids?
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That got me looking at google images, and they did sort of look like this:
(http://www.danica.com/flytier/ccraven/jumbo_juju_chironomid.jpg)
My understanding was that the little critters didn't raft on the surface though. Hence the fact that Chronie fishing is done sub-surface. Are there floating equivalents to the fly in the picture?
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I think you can try midge nymph that's the closest to those little insects you saw on the lake.
It work well. I don't know how to cast with fly rod but since its a sinker I tried with bait casting
before, works very well ;D
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Sages Of Chirornmide Fishing:
Chiroromide Larva ---- Blood Worm
Chironomide Pupa ---- Chironomide
Chironomide Emergance ---- Emerger Patters
Chironomide Adult/fly ----- Griffith Gnat or Lady McConnel
An effective and easily made emeger pattern can be made by using closed cell fly foam instead of a beadhead at the eye of your hook.