{"id":1541,"date":"2017-08-21T18:48:22","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T08:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/?p=1541"},"modified":"2025-10-23T19:55:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:55:25","slug":"fly-tying-23-aug-2017-chironomids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/fly-tying-23-aug-2017-chironomids\/","title":{"rendered":"Chironomids Fly Tying &#8211; 23 Aug 2017 &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1543\" src=\"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chironomids-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chironomids-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chironomids-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chironomids-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chironomids-624x416.jpg 624w, http:\/\/canberra-anglers.asn.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Chironomids.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">This month Nathan will be showing us how to tie chironomids also known as buzzers or midge larvae. \u00a0They come in a huge array of colours and can be tied to float head up, tied bead head as a point fly, tied with or without gills or oxygen bubbles.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">The materials you will need are:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">&#8211; hook &#8211; pupa or caddis curved hooks #14, 16 or 18 or as small as you dare<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">&#8211; thread &#8211; black, olive or red<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">&#8211; silver ultra wire<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">&#8211; peacock hurl<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">&#8211; white poly yarn or similar<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: black;\">For those interested in entomology, take a look at\u00a0<a id=\"LPlnk485463\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdfrc.org.au\/bugguide\/display.asp?type=5&amp;class=17&amp;subclass=&amp;Order=7&amp;family=252&amp;couplet=0\">http:\/\/www.mdfrc.org.au\/bugguide\/display.asp?type=5&amp;class=17&amp;subclass=&amp;Order=7&amp;family=252&amp;couplet=0<\/a>\u00a0 which will tell you why red buzzers are red (red pigment haemoglobin to help them absorb oxygen), where they live and life cycle.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>keyword wetfly<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month Nathan will be showing us how to tie chironomids also known as buzzers or midge larvae. \u00a0They come in a huge array of colours and can be tied to float head up, tied bead head as a point fly, tied with or without gills or oxygen bubbles. 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