A New Fly In My Box – The Francisco Midge

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I like to pass on new and/or unique fly patterns that work for me, and I recently came across a new fly that has been working extremely well for me in our Central Oregon rivers.  I learned of this fly from Francisco Garcia, a great angler whom Mary Ann recently guided on a couple of our rivers.  So, I can’t take credit for developing this fly, but it sure works.  I fish this fly with a dead drift towards the bottom, usually employing a Euro-nymphing style presentation.  Do the fish take it for a midge…or a mayfly emerger….I’m not really sure.  It’s a very easy fly to tie, if you’re into very small flies.  I call this fly the Francisco Midge.

The Francisco Midge

Hook:  #20 Scud Style

Thread:  8/0 Gray

Body:  Several Strands of Olive Angle Hair

Wing:  White Deer Hair.

#20 Francisco Midge

#20 Francisco Midge

2 thoughts on “A New Fly In My Box – The Francisco Midge”

  1. Dave,
    I like this pattern. I will need to buy the body material. Is the body Angel Hair by Larva Lace (brown olive)?

    • Hi Noel,

      Yes, that’s the right material. I’ve been using the Olive and Chartreuse colors, as well as a dark metallic blue color from a similar product…all have caught fish. Their rainbow color is interesting to me….I’ll bet it will work also. I haven’t tried drifting this fly as a dropper of a dry fly towards the surface but I suspect that might be a good technique also.

      Dave

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