Midge Man's Midges

My recent trip to a local spring creek got me interested in midges again and while cruising around the internet I found a great site by a guy who goes by Midge Man. His website Poudre Canyon Chronicles has pages worth of midge patterns. I especially liked the box he recently filled....in "a week's" time. That box would take me months to fill with the way too infrequent time I get at the vise.

So if you're looking for some midge inspiration have a look at his site.
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A Little Spey

Over the weekend I got out and fished a local spring creek. The area I was fishing has trees pretty close to the back cast, where overhead casting is very limited. I typically roll cast in part of this creek, but this time I tried a few spey casts.

Casting this way allowed me to control the line and keep it out of the trees! I even caught a fish to show for my 3 hours worth of freezing! It was taken on an orange midge with a bead head.

...and a bonus video.  Since the picture above is 100% awesome, and not 110% awesome, I'll share this cool video from Red Truck Fly Fishing Co that has some sweet shots of spey casting!  Someday, I hope to get a switch or spey rod and give this style of casting a better shot!


Spey and Switch Fly Rods – Red Truck Fly Fishing Company from Leland Fly Fish on Vimeo.