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Hook: Dry Fly #12-#22
Thread: Black 6/0
Body: Peacock Herl
Hackle: 1 strip grizzly hackle

Tying Instructions:
First tie on your thread. Now tie on 2 to 4 pieces of peacock herl, depending on the size of the hook you are using. Do not wrap the peacock herl on yet, let it stick back like a long tail of the fly. Now tie on your one piece of grizzle saddle hackle with it also sticking back with the peacock herl. If you just wrap the peacock herl forward it won't be strong enough to stay together when you use the fly. So what you want to do now is take the strands of peacock herl and twist them around your thread. Then wrap the thread and peacock herl together around the hook towards the eye of the hook. Cut off the excess peacock herl, making sure not to cut your thread yet. Now wrap the saddle hackle forward. When you wrap it forward there should be a distinct space between each wrap. Don't wrap them all right next to each other. To get an idea of the amount of space look at the picture. Wrap the hackle up to the eyes of the hook. Secure the hackle down with your thread and tie off your thread.

Fly Information:
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.