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Chironomid Loop Wing Emerger (Simple & Horizontal)

This small (size 18) midge emerger lays flush in the film. It may not lay perfectly horizontal but, it is not tied on the ubiquitous curved pupa hook so popular with all manner of emergers (yes, yes I use it too). A simple Antron or Zelon body overlayed with thread wraps for support and the appearance of segmentation is used. A small dubibng of a thorax is created. The loop wing gives the fly visibility and flotation assistance. The thread was size 14/0 black. Again…very interesting to me is the lens captures all the little glaring oversights….that can’t be seen with my eye or they seem inconsequential (and, I think they are)…fascinating what that lens captures….I hold to those imperfections ‘probably’ only enhancing the suggestiveness of the fly. That’s my theory and I’m sticking too it!

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