On the Tokachi River in Japan, bright green Chironomids flourish, a favorite food for the Yamame or Cherry Trout. In its emergent stage, as seen above, I tie this #19 212Y Midori midge to mimic these brightly colored midges. The “Y” in the hook's name stands for Yamame, the very river the hook was designed for. The Tiemco 212Y boasts a 4x hook shank and a massive 5x-wide gape and runs in odd sizes #11-#21. This is a favorite hook for this river; its very fine wire was specifically designed to catch these shy and elusive Cherry Trout. These Cherry Trout are wild in the Hokkaido river system, which is also filled with hot springs in this very mountainous region of Japan. A past rod client of mine from Japan asked me to tie him up a few dozen of my Midori midges, as I call them. “Midori” means green in Japanese, used to describe freshness, nature, and vitality. The TMC 212Y is one of my favorite hooks; I use it for most of my smaller emerger patterns. It is a very difficult hook to ...