The Crippled Midge

The Crippled Midge, Stan Headley is recognised as being responsible for its development, nothing stays secret long though and its spread south of the border and onto the English reservoir scene was inevitable. The crippled midge sits low in the water and sits in the surface film. It’s a very good generic pattern that simulates most hatches on most of our UK waters. Some folks prefer to tie this with a little of the post protruding from the rear to make a tail. I have purposely not done this so that the butt section of the fly sits just below the surface.