Matt's Gnat

Detailed instructions for tying a Matt's Gnat midge.
Hook: Caddis pupa hook (here, a Tiemco 2488), size 20.
Thread: 6/0, burgundy or claret.
Body: Peacock herl.
Dubbing: Natural snowshoe rabbit’s foot, in a waxed dubbing loop.
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[@wyomingtrout5581]

There are so many tying videos these days that are just remakes and reruns but this fly is truly innovative, nicely done!

[@keithcorodimas8093]

Bought my first good fly rod, a 5-wt Orvis HLS, from Matt in the 1990s when he owned an Orvis shop in NJ.

[@JamesMcCutcheon]

Nice Video, great instruction, really good music

[@sigurdurmarolafsson4183]

Great looking fly m8!! So simple, so " fishy" looking and a great idea.

[@nixadventures3938]

1:00 Holy shit what a flawless tag removal!

[@oceanexploration]

Indeed! 6.O Danville does break easily though. When I tie with it after using GSP I can barely keep it intact! Tim is an epic tier. A pleasure to know him and have him at our local Trout Unlimited chapter!

[@alexst3333]

Great fly!

[@jsboyle3459]

Nice fly👍🏻

[@miserebear2113]

I'm going to have to try this with poly yarn

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Love it!

[@greggiono8789]

Photography so good wouldn't know its a size 20

[@brickbros211]

Yeah you would think it’s a size 12

[@williamboston8702]

Looks a lot like Roger Hill's Stillborn Midge without the shuck. Instead of discarding the guard hairs, you could save them to use with Hill's pattern.

[@tomkeene14]

Had great success this weekend, first time using the pattern. Is the GN relevant anymore? Hmmm....

[@t_man785]

How did he come up with this 😮he's a genius

[@GeorgeSemel]

Well, that is an interesting way of tying those. What I do, is I tie the griffiths gnat as usual but I counter rib the fly with 8 x tippet material. makes makes for a very durable fly and its quick. Thou shoe shoe rabbit foot has its merits. In the end if I have a fly come apart on a 20 inch Rainbow or Brown ok not a problem , I will recycle the hook by tying another fly on it. I figure for a 20 inch trout, I got my money worth out of the fly!

[@kamilponikowski9176]

+George Semel exactly, just rib a regular griffins gnat with a very fine mono and you've got an indistructible fly

[@dalewarwick5534]

The tool you use to wrap the dupping rope, where do you find those/ I've looked all over.

[@SkidinDingo]

looked to be plunger style hackle pliers, they are easy to come across online, and usually for less than it costs to have them shipped to you

[@andreasmoland8222]

Hey im new to dry fly-tying, when do yoy use this fly and what does it immitates. (Sorry for my bad english im from norway)

[@oceanexploration]

Andreas, any time you would use a Euro Knat or Super Pupa. Greetings from the USA! I have been to Norway over 100 times, literally.

[@williambyington4864]

How large can this be tied? I often fish a size 16. Is that too Large for this fly?

[@HalfInsaneOutdoorGuy]

interesting to me that replacing 1 material with another and you get a cataloged new fly with your name on it. But do that with any other fly and its just the same fly with a different material. Example, if I replaced the copper wire on a copper john with colored mono, it would still be a copper john, nobody would allow me to get away with calling it anything else. Or if I replaced the mallard feather on a zoo cougar with a turkey feather, it'd still be considered a zoo cougar....

[@user-il8le4lf2x]

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