Damn Midges!

recently, i've been to the local pond a handful of times to try for some white perch.  starting about an hour before sunset, there is a decent amount of topwater activity.  rarely, you'll see some minnows jump out of the water in the shallow areas, but most of the time, you can't see what the white perch are feeding on.

after about 6-10 total hours and 1000 casts, i've only caught 1 perch.  it was caught on a size 10, gold bead head white woolly bugger.  but for all the visible activity, i really haven't interested them in my flies.  i've tried clousers, buggers, and small shrimp flies.

my guesstimate is that they are feeding on midge emergers and adults.  how did i come to this conclusion?

here was one of a hundred on my car

yes, i've tried midge flies of all types and colors.  unfortunately, there seems to be too many around for them to notice my one fly.