{"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":48036874911979,"sku":"74672","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Purple \/ 20","offer_id":48036874944747,"sku":"74673","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Olive \/ 18","offer_id":48036874977515,"sku":"74670","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Olive \/ 20","offer_id":48036875010283,"sku":"74671","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 18","offer_id":48036875043051,"sku":"74674","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 20","offer_id":48036875075819,"sku":"74675","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0924\/3470\/files\/Graveyard-Midge-PRP__79876.jpg?v=1775066285","url":"https:\/\/239flies.com\/products\/umpqua-graveyard-midge","provider":"239 Flies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}