Medallion Midge

Medallion Midge

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Tying Instructions

1. Attach the hook to the vise and attach the thread behind the hook eye. With a 6″ piece of White Unithread 6/0 thread, attach the end to the top of the hook shank behind the eye.

2. Wrap the brown thread back toward the hook bend with the white ribbing thread laying on the top of the hook shank. Keep the thread wraps even covering all of the white thread on the shank. Wrap back to the eye.

3. Wrap the white thread forward with spacing that is about the width as the thread. Spirol wrap up to behind the eye and secure with four thread wraps.

4. Trim off the ribbing tag and secure with three more tight wraps. Obtain a section of Medallion Sheeting or similar material ( I am using Mottled Tan Wings & Things). The section should have a width of about 1/2 the hook gap. Attach one end of the material just behind the eye at the top of the hook shank with the material laying over the top of the hook shank toward the bend of the hook..

5. Wrap the thread back over the thorax to the midpoint of the hook shank. Select another section of Medallion Sheeting that is 1/2 of the gap of the hook and attach it to the top of hook shank at the center of the thorax with three tight figure eight wraps..

6. Pull the sheeting back and wrap over the thorax area with evenly spaced thread wraps from the eye to the end of the thorax at the midpoint of the shank and back to behind the eye.

7. Dub the thread with a small amount of Superfine dubbing.

8. Wrap the dubbing over the thorax forming a small football shape. Trim off the excess and secure with four tight wraps behind the eye.

9. Pull the center section of the sheeting over the thorax and secure with two tight thread wraps. Trim off the tag end of the center section just behind the eye and secure with a couple of thread wraps.

10. Pull the two side sections forward along the hook shank and past the eye. Secure the material behind the eye with a couple of tight thread wraps. Do not trim off these tag ends as they will be folded back for your wing buds.

11. Pull the two side sections back and secure with a couple of tight thread wraps behind the eye.

12. Trim the two sections just beyond the end of the thorax. Whip Finish.

13. Use your scissors to trim the edges of the material into round appendages.

Materials to Order Material, click the link
Hook	TMC 101, sizes 18-22
Thread	Uni-thread 8/0 Dark Brown
Thorax	Rust Brown Superfine Dubbing
Body	Uni-thread 8/0 Dark Brown
Wingbuds	Clearwing, colored Mottled Brown with Copic Marker
Ribbing	Uni-thread 6/0 White

Pat Dorsey

Medallion Midge

The Medallion Midge was developed by Pat Dorsey of Colorado. Pat has developed numerous midges such as the Mercury Midge and the Mercury Black Beauty. He wanted a pattern that tended to be a little more realistic when the trout were more selective and could closely inspect the pattern within a stillwater or slow Spring Creek condition.

Medallion Sheeting

The Medallion Sheeting, developed by the late Shane Stalcup, met most of the aspects he wanted for wing buds and shellbacks and this material became associated with the pattern. There are similar materials such as Spirit River’s Wing & Things, Bett’s Zing Wing, and Hareline’s Clear Wing that can be used as a substitute. Medallion Sheeting is not being produced any longer but it is not difficult to create your own using Hareline’s Clear Wing material. Simply place the film on a flat surface and color the film with a Copic marker. Fold the material in half to protect the coloration.

Traps Air Bubbles

The plastic material is pulled over the thorax for a shellback. It will trap air bubbles underneath the material to offer a lifelike appearance imitating the gaseous bubbles that is formed within the naturals. Another strip is attached to form the wing buds. The pattern can be tied within a number of colors such as Brown, Black, and Chartreuse. The one common theme is that it will always utilize a white 6/0 thread ribbing. This ribbing a spiraled around the body with a width of the thread diameter.

Presentation

Pat normally fishes this pattern as a dead drift with a strike indicator and small split shot. Depending on the selectivity of the trout, Pat might employ a two midge rig or drop the Medallion Midge off another dry midge such as a Griffith’s Gnat. There are times when the trout will feed on midges within the surface film. During these situations, Pat will use a greased leader technique in which he apply a paste floatant to the leader up to 12″ from the fly, this will allow the fly to lay within the surface film or slightly below.

Steve’s Midge

You will encounter another pattern called Steve’s Midge and this might be erroneously identified as a Medallion Midge. Steve Parrott of Blue Quill Angler’s developed this pattern. It is actually a different pattern yet similar in that it utilizes the Medallion sheeting for the shellback and wing buds. However, the wings buds are formed from the same strip as the shellback.

Once the strip is pulled over the thorax, the tag end is divided into two strips and pulled back on each side of the thorax towards the bend as wing buds. The body is also different as it uses another one of Shane Stalcup’s signature materials, Micro-tubing. A piece of pearlescent tinsel is wrapped just behind the thorax location for a trigger spot.

Brown Medallion Midge

Hook	TMC 101, sizes 18-22
Thread	Uni-thread 8/0 Brown
Thorax	Brown Superfine Dubbing
Body	Uni-thread 8/0 Brown
Wingbuds	Clearwing, colored Mottled Tan with Copic Marker
Ribbing	Uni-thread 6/0 White

Chartreuse Medallion Midge

Hook	TMC 101, sizes 18-22
Thread	Uni-thread 8/0 Chartreuse
Thorax	Caddis Green Superfine Dubbing
Body	Uni-thread 8/0 Chartreuse
Wingbuds	Clearwing, colored Medium Dun with Copic Marker
Ribbing	Uni-thread 6/0 White

Steve’s Midge

Hook	TMC 101, sizes 18-22
Thread	Uni-thread 8/0 Olive Dun
Thorax	Black Superfine Dubbing
Body	Micro Tubing, Olive Brown
Shellback and Wingbuds	Clearwing, colored Dark Dun with Copic Marker
Trigger Spot	Narrow Pearlescent Tinsel