Zebra midge colors

[nymphermaniac]

I fish the Norfork a few times every year and over the years have gotten to the point of fishing almost exclusively black-silver-silver zebra midges when I fish zebras. Being the pragmitist that I am, the reason for this is because simply put they work really well. Anyone have any advice on other colors that seem to work well.

[Ham]

They are easy to tie. I carry a lot of colors. Red, blue, purple, rusty. You can vary bead color as well. 

[nymphermaniac]

Yeah I tie other colors but don't catch nearly as many fish on them. 

[Russell Doughty]

The Harvester midge has caught tons of fish for me, not only on the Norfork, but the White, Taneycomo, Roaring River and Bennett Spring. Gunmetal tungsten bead, rusty brown thread body with a black rib.

[nymphermaniac]

Yeah used to pound them on the White with those. Thanks. 

[DaddyO]

On the Norfork, I like a Copper bead, black, brown or gray thread and a copper rib.  In that order.  On Taney, the order, for me, is brown, gray or black.  I just catch more fish with the copper bead and rib than I do with Silver.

[nymphermaniac]

Thanks, I will get more copper in the mix. 

[netboy]

My favorite is Davy's white tail midge in black with silver head and ribbing.

[Buzz]

I've never fished the Norfork, but I do well on olive and tan. I tie them with gold and copper tung beads and matching rib.

[grizzly]

Sounds like an over complication of the matter.  I carry two colors, red  and black.  Both have silver beads and silver ribbing.  Sizes from 16-20.  If they aren't hitting that, then I feel as though I am doing something wrong.  Usually it starts with how deep my fly is from my indicator.  I usually try to keep it around 12 to 24 inches depending on the depth of the water and how fast the water is moving(more current = more depth).  Then I go to tippet.  I am a fluorocarbon guy and I am not ashamed to admit it.   I start with 5x, then go to 6x.  The most common error I do, and see others do as well, is lining the fish.  It is too tempting to cast the fly on top of the fish and overshoot it just a little, ending up in a spooked fish and frustrated angler.  Another thing that might be of help is the indicator you are using.  Midge takes are often subtle, thus half a paisa indicator is a good start. You could also go with a smallish dry fly as an indicator and the midge as a dropper.  

That's my take on midge's and I have darn good luck with(I hope you do as well).