The Violet Midge Spider.

[upstatetrout]

From Mike Hardings Book. North Country Flies The Violet Midge.

Hook. Daiichi 1480 size 14.
Silk. Pearsalls Gossamer Salmonberry.
Body. Same.
Thorax. Mole.
Legs. Jackdaw neck feather.

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[letumgo]

Interesting. When I read the name I was expecting a different color (purple/violet).

I like it.

[Hankinsfly]

Beautiful. Is that one turn of hackle?

[Theroe]

Interesting. When I read the name I was expecting a different color (purple/violet).

I like it.

Me too!

Although I never catch fish with a purple fly....EVER.
It’s like the curse for me

[Hankinsfly]

I may have caught one fish ever on a starling purple (too lazy to buy snipe). Purple zebra midges, however, kill.

[RickA]

Me too!

Although I never catch fish with a purple fly....EVER.
It’s like the curse for me
[/quote]

yeah, I laughed the first time I saw a purple haze too.
What the heck is that????
Turns out it was hot from ronr's neighborhood all the way back to the tip of the mitt.
Not so much here in the N/E but brookies and steel chomp on blue.

[upstatetrout]

Beautiful. Is that one turn of hackle?

No that is 3 turns. Jackdaw is very delicate.

Tom

[upstatetrout]

Me too!

Although I never catch fish with a purple fly....EVER.
It’s like the curse for me

yeah, I laughed the first time I saw a purple haze too.
What the heck is that????
Turns out it was hot from ronr's neighborhood all the way back to the tip of the mitt.
Not so much here in the N/E but brookies and steel chomp on blue.
[/quote]

Next May you should try a purple March Brown Spider!

Tom

[DUBBN]

I am hoping in my next lifetime, Purple works for me. It is an amazing color for trout. Just not for me.

[Mike62]

Maybe because it's still early and I'm only on the first cup off coffee, but I read the title of the thread as 'Violent Midge Spider'. I couldn't figure where you guys were getting purple from, let alone what would turn a midge violent. So yeah, purple never works for me either.

I think the salmonberry version works, though. I actually have a spool of that...