{"product_id":"umpqua-graveyard-midge","title":"Umpqua - Graveyard Midge","description":"\u003carticle class=\"productView-description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I sprang out of bed at 2 a.m. one morning and tinkered with refining the idea until dawn. Thus the graveyard Midge was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe basis for all three patterns is derived from dozens of hours of netting and observing chironomids in a small lake in northwest Wyoming and stream netting across the Rocky Mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe basic design uses the idea of over-exaggerating a single detail to act as a trigger for feeding trout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe foam back and breathers on the Graveyard Midge act as that trigger, an idea inspired by the writings of the late Gary LaFontaine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe use of open cell foam as the back and breathers on this pattern catches light, creating a halo effect making the fly more visible in the drift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the time I introduced this pattern it has been a top producer in tailwater and freestone rivers from the Guadalupe in central Texas, the South Platte in Colorado, the Bighorn in southeast Montana and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFish it free floating in the current, as part of a deep nymphing rig or under an indicator wherever chironomids are present, anywhere and everywhere.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Signature Tyer John Wood\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e","brand":"Umpqua Feather Merchants","offers":[{"title":"Purple \/ 18","offer_id":50779467481321,"sku":"74672","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Purple \/ 20","offer_id":50779467514089,"sku":"74673","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Olive \/ 18","offer_id":50779467546857,"sku":"74670","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Olive \/ 20","offer_id":50779467579625,"sku":"74671","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 18","offer_id":50779467612393,"sku":"74674","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 20","offer_id":50779467645161,"sku":"74675","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/4384\/4585\/files\/Graveyard-Midge-PRP__79876.jpg?v=1775068043","url":"https:\/\/828flies.com\/products\/umpqua-graveyard-midge","provider":"828 Flies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}