Created by Rick Takahashi (Tak) this is a go to still water fly pattern. It has brought me success time and time again in the past. Tied traditionally on a bronze hook the translucent body gives a look that can’t be beat when trying to match the clear tarnish shuck of the Chironomid pupae.
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Taks Chironomid Recipe:
Hook – Firehole Outdoors 718
Thread – Veevus 10/0 Blackk
Abdomen – Hollow Tubing Midge Clear
Thorax – Flashabou Tinsel Blue and Red
Gills – Sparkle Emerger Yarn Clear white
Fishing- UV Fly Finish Fluroceseing
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