When the chironomid shucks start to line up like match sticks, you know you have a hatch. The above photo was taken at Fortress Lake but could be any lake in Canada. Heavy hatches turn lakes into fuzzy carpets. This past season we followed a strip of midges and chucks for over 3 kilometers on Fortress Lake. The chironomid fishing was very good, to say the least. We've run into similar fishing on local small lakes, into BC and Manitoba. Fishing can be done by employing chironomid techniques as seen in our write up last summer here, or by searching for cruising trout picking off midge adults on the surface. For at least a couple months each year, chironomids can certainly be dynamite.
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