FLY
Buzzers, Dry Fly, Midge
Black Gnat (front wing)
Tied by Brent Jones
Black Gnat (front wing) recipe
| Hook | TMC / Tiemco 100, size 18 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Semperfli Nano Silk 20 denier, black |
| Wings | Mallard Quill Slips |
| Tail | Moose Body Hair Tips |
| Body | Hareline Micro Fine Dry Fly Dub, Trico Black SMF372 |
| Hackle | Whiting Silver Grade Neck/Cape, Black |
| Head | Thread |
What the Black Gnat (front wing) imitates
- Black Gnat (adult) Bibio johannis
- Midge adult (adult)
Tied for: Apache Trout, Arctic Char, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, California Golden Trout, Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Lake Trout, Mackinaw Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trou, Rainbow Whitefish, Sunfish (general), Trout (general)
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Edmonds & Lee, Brook and River Trouting (1916), Plate p45, No. 22. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
