Snow Fly Cluster

Snow Fly Cluster

Griffiths Gnat Variation

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent, size 14 -18

Thread - Gray 

Hackle - Grizzly palmered through body

Body - Muskrat dubbing fur 

This pattern, from Taylor Streit, is used on the Rio Grande in late November to represent a cluster of midges. The fly is very effective when these small flies are grouped together for “mating.”

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Many years ago, I fished a fly similar to this one but with a cream dubbed fur body and grizzly hackle on the Green River in Utah. That was one of my better days of fly fishing!