Palomino Midge

Fly  tied by Ernie Stevens

Materials

Hook

size 14-18

Thread

Hyperfine black or any suitable fine thread

Head

thorax cover white polypropylene yarn with tips projecting over the eye.

Body

Ultra-fine olive vernille.

Thorax

Green peacock herl or olive antron.

Tying Instructions

1. Run tying thread on at the eye and carry it almost halfway along the shank .Take a short length of olive, ultra-fine vernille.

2. Remove the flue to expose a small amount of the core. This will represent the breathing filaments of the midge. Secure the vernille in position with thread wraps.

3. With the detached body in place, take approx 2.5cm of white poly yarn. Catch it in so that the yarn lies over the body.

4. Take two strands of herl and tie in front of yarn. Run thread down to eye.

5. Gently twist the herl to form rope. Wind this up to eye to form a pronounced thorax.

6. Secure the herls and remove the excess. Pull the yarn over the back of thorax and fix at eye with thread. Cast off the thread and trim yarn to form short breathers.