Tie on thread at the wing set position and wind back to the tail set position.

Loop one strand of floss over the thread and pull up to the hook. Secure with a wrap or two
of thread. Wind floss forward covering approximately 15-20 of the body. Tie off and trim excess.

Dub superfine pale yellow dubbing over the remainder of the body to the wing set position.

Trim Flash sheeting to form a wing and tie in at the wingset position. The wing should extend slightly beyond the end of the hook as shown in picture.

Tie in a sparse clump of Elk Hair to form the over wing. Trim excess.

Tie in Midge Saddles . Prepare the hackle by stripping a few barbs off the stem, with a few extra stripped off the bottom of the feather. Tie in the hackle dry fly style....shiny side back and dull side forward. Wind 3 to 4 wraps with both hackles concurrently to the head and tie off.

Whip finish and lightly glue the head.

A go-to flies when fishing the Sierra and other waters where there is an abundance of Little Yellow Stones is the “Midge Little Yellow Stone”. This pattern is easy to tie and is very effective for several reasons: it has the red butt of the female stonefly, which imitates the eggs sack and acts as a trigger, it is tied with undersized hackles to float the fly low to the water’s surface, and has an under wing of flash sheeting. The fly has quickly become a favorite. I’ll often tie this fly in tandem and fish two at a time. Or I may fish it as a dry fly dropper off a large golden stone. When fished as a dropper with the larger Golden Stone, cousin to the Little Yellow Sally, the smaller fly usually produces two or three to one over the bigger stonefly pattern. Give the Midge Little Yellow Stone pattern a try on you next trip.