Chironomid

Common Names:

• Blood Worm, Midge, Gnat .Buzzer

• Habitat:

  • As long as the larva can get a food supply, Chironomid larva will live in almost any type of water. Clear or polluted with bottoms that are muddy, rocky, weedy or sandy doesn't seem to matter. However, their food source is generally most abundant on or near shoals and this is where their numbers peak.The adult and pupa of the Chironomid don't feed.

• Chironomid in the pupal stage are at their most important point of development for the fly fisher. When leaving the bottom of the lake and traveling to the surface to hatch, they are most vulnerable to predation by the trout. Even the largest trout will actively feed on these pupa and they are successfully fished throughout the year.
• Chironomid pupa should be fished on a dry line and the flies should be weighted. The retrieve should be very, very slow or even still. Vary your leader length to achieve the desired depth for the fly. The pupa can be found at most any depth in the lake but the trout will feed on these more actively on the shoals and drop offs. The colour and size of the fly seem to be more important than whether the flies have ribbing or gills. Flies with or without the gills and/or ribbing seem to work equally well.
• Here is a hint that most fly fishers haven't yet picked up on when tying flies to imitate the Chironomid pupa. Make the bend and point of the hook appear as the tapering abdomen and tail part of the pupa rather than something the pupa is attached to. It will look like the pupa is in the curled position for wiggling to the surface. This is one of the few flies on which you can totally camouflage the hook.

As to the size of fly needed to represent them I think a size12 or14 down eyed hook.

Tie some copper wire up and down the hook shank to give a bit of weight, then change over to your tying thread, and taking some white marabou tie this the length of the hook shank and round the bend as well.

Tail:white marabou tuft. Body : Black floss. Ribbing : Oval Siver

Head:Peacock herl and White marabou tuft.

Other popular patterns red buzzer , olive buzzer