Tiny fly challenge.....

[Lue Taylor]

Those are just Tiemco TMC2499SPsize 16 & 18 that too expensive to give away

 

[mcswny]

It's going to be 50 degrees, overcast with a little rain tomorrow on my "local" trout ditch.
As long as the wind holds, it should be a fabulous day to throw some tiny Olives on my 4wt.

But also some eggs before and after

 

[Tom Butler]

It's going to be 50 degrees, overcast with a little rain tomorrow on my "local" trout ditch.
As long as the wind holds, it should be a fabulous day to throw some tiny Olives on my 4wt.

Good luck, I'm jealous, we've been blown out.

 

[mcswny]

Good luck, I'm jealous, we've been blown out.

It got a little high, but it does have a dam a bit upstream (dont know the exact mileage), and its dropping pretty quick.
I just need to get out, we've been stuck inside with a sick kiddo and we all need a break from each other.

 

[Tom Butler]

It got a little high, but it does have a dam a bit upstream (dont know the exact mileage), and its dropping pretty quick.
I just need to get out, we've been stuck inside with a sick kiddo and we all need a break from each other.

That's a nice option. The grandkids just left and now I'm going to spend a couple days out with the wife, earn time to fish some tiny flies later.

 

[Bambooflyguy]

That's a nice option. The grandkids just left and now I'm going to spend a couple days out with the wife, earn time to fish some tiny flies later.

Happy wife.......happy wife! If you get my drift......

 

[MillCreekMinnow]

I'll play! Not my best work (flies & pics). I actually never get to fish, so if anybody wants a half dozen of these for free, just let me know.
Peace,
Chad

 

[Lue Taylor]

One question has any of these flies caught fish, I know mine hasn't

 

[mcswny]

I'll play! Not mt best work (flies & pics). I actually never get to fish, so if anybody wants a half dozen of these for free, just let me know.
Peace,
Chad






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Damn fine film critics.

 

[Bambooflyguy]

Nice flies Chad! Klinkhammer with paraloop hackle....I like!

 

[TheWhispering1]

WW Adams. It was an exercise in getting small.

 

[Old Man]

I had a buddy tie me up a fly on a size 32 hook it looked like a piece of lint. I kept it in a glass vile. Some where in Western Washington it flew out of where I had it sitting, lost for good. I really like to fish small flies. My problem is threading the small eye. My shakes stop me from fishing them. My fingers shake in the wind.

 

[Bambooflyguy]

Great looking tiny flies TheWhispering1.....very good on the scale proportions. Where are you going to fish them?

 

[TheWhispering1]

Great looking tiny flies TheWhispering1.....very good on the scale proportions. Where are you going to fish them?

TY. An exercise as of yet. The plan was to fish them at the... wait a minute.

 

[Bambooflyguy]

No hotspotting necessary.....just wondering streams or lakes.....

 

[Jack Devlin]

Haven't tied one of these in a long time. Fished them regularly for Brown Trout in NY with 1 lb tippet.
Upturned eye #26 hook, 16/0 wine thread, golden pheasant tippet tail, peacock herl body, grizzly hackle. Now I have a headache.

 

[clarkman]

I'll play! Not my best work (flies & pics). I actually never get to fish, so if anybody wants a half dozen of these for free, just let me know.
Peace,
Chad






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Just needs eyes.

 

[MillCreekMinnow]

Just needs eyes.

Crud. I must do better......

 

[dep]

this is the only way I would be able to tie my tippet to a small fly - and this is a sz16

 

[iveofione]

At 65 size 22 was tiny. At 70 size 20 was tiny. At 75 size 18 was tiny. At 80 size 16 was tiny. Now nearing 85 and with cataract surgery I have seen no further deterioration and can still tie and fish 16's with no problem. That's as small as I need to go as I seldom fish for snotty picky fish. The calendar will ultimately determine what we regard as tiny.