If you fish midges, chances are you know all about the Griffith’s Gnat. It is a go-to dry fly for hatches of those tiny midges. Typically, these bugs are needed in such small sizes that they can be really tough to see your drift. In steps the Hi-Vis Griffith Gnat. A nice white parachute post is the perfect touch to add some contrast against dark or clear water. I really prefer the white, as in my possibly twisted mind, it also imitates a large white wing.

Step-by-step White Hi-Vis Griffith’s Gnat:

Begin by securing the hook in the vise. Start your thread with locking wraps and shop before the halfway point of the shank.

Start creating the parachute post. Take one hank of yarn. Secure it on the top of the hook. Pull the yarn upward, and prop it up by making a small thread ramp behind the post. Lay X wraps around the post, securing it in place before climbing up onto the yarn. Wrap tightly multiple times around the yarn.

Select a hackle feather by measuring the barbs against the hook gape. I tend to like mine a little oversized to keep the fly riding high in the water. Clip about ten barbels off of one side and about five off the other. Attach the feather. Make sure the side with more trimmed-off faces upward. It will, in turn, wrap down on the hook.

Select two or three strands of peacock herl and clip off the tips. Tie in on the back side of the hook on top of the hackle feather. Wrap all of the peacock herl forward with touching wraps tight to the hook shank. Secure behind the hook eye with tying thread.

Open palmer the grizzly hackle forward over top of the peacock herl. Whip finish thread. Pull the Yarn post upward and clip just past the hackle tips.

Recipe:

• Hook: Tiemco 102Y 15-19
• Thread: Veevus 16/0 Black
• Body: Peacock Herl
• Hackle: Grizzly Cape