Griffith’s Gnat

Materials

• HOOK: any dry fly hook (size 20-16)
• THREAD: Black
• BODY: Peacock herl
• RIB: Gold wire
• HACKLE: Grizzly saddle hackle

Tying Instructions

1. From the back tie in a Grizzly Hackle.
2. Now tie in two or three peacock herls (Tips first).
3. Wind the peacock herl up the hook shank to a position just before the eye, secure the herl and trim waste.
4. Palmer the hackle up towards the eye and secure.
5. Trim waste, build a neat head and varnish.

This fly is named after George Griffith who was an early pioneer of Trout Unlimited. This fly is usually used to imitate a clump of midges, not a single fly. This fly can be used in this fashion throughout all times during the year. At times you can use a very small griffith’s gnat to imitate a single midge if that’s what the fish are taking. This is one of the easier flies to tie, yet also one of the most useful.