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Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: Apennock on April 25, 2017, 04:58:14 PM

Title: Chironomids in moving water?
Post by: Apennock on April 25, 2017, 04:58:14 PM

I'm seeing a lot of chironomids (what my novice eye takes to be chironomids, anyway) in local and I know it's getting into the right season for them.  Everything I read seems to only reference using them in still water and I was just wondering why?  Are they not effective in current?

Title: Re: Chironomids in moving water?
Post by: RalphH on April 25, 2017, 06:41:04 PM

they are more frequently called midges in streams and rivers and are much smaller. Yes they work. Apparently midges/chironomids have very high protein and calorie values despite their size and so trout love them.

Title: Re: Chironomids in moving water?
Post by: ByteMe on April 25, 2017, 07:20:00 PM

I fish #20 Zebra midges(chironomids) in streams with my tenkara rod, they work well especially this time of the year