Midges And Midging

[Phil Lilley]

Since the high water in the spring, I have been concerned about the lack of what I would call good midging by our rainbows here. Most mornings, days and evenings when the water was either running slow or not at all, rainbows would be dimpling the water's surface all over the place- out in front of the resort, really all over. I hadn't seen that until this weekend.

Fishing last evening around the narrows above Fall Creek, I pointed out to my buddy Ray how many dimples we were seeing- there's were dozens of rainbows feeding at any one time. Great site. The midges were really coming off thick most of the afternoon and the trout were responding to them in a big way.

Good to see.

[Trevor K]

How late into the year would you expect this to happen? Is this an all year thing, or does it shut down in the winter?

[Jeremy Hunt]

It's a all year thing. Throw rusty midges for best results. Black is a great color, but the rusty will hook more browns year round. Winter is the best time!!!!

[Trevor K]

good to hear! i'll be down at the end of this month, so i'll have to give them a try. Thanks for the info

[loo10]

Came down with a friend yesterday afternoon after church.

Fished midges for the first time in a l-o-n-g time.

We too, were amazed and thrilled to see the amount of midge activity last evening...

Dimples, as far as the eye could see in the slot area.

Did best, believe it or not, with olive midges in size 14.