Tiny Midges

[Danoinark]

Anyone ever fish a size 24 midge on Taney...I tied up some tonight just to see if I could, hehe..

Man those things are tiring...my fingers are not made for them small bugs... ...just wanted to know if there is any use fishing that small...Dano

[timsfly]

I tied some 32s a few years ago, you could hook fish on them but I only landed a few, you could stand down there across from # 3 in that still water and hook every fish sometimes, but I landed very few, the hooks would pull out very quickly, but it was fun.

[Kansas Fly Fisher]

My eyes are too old to even see that small let along be able to tell my fingers what to do! Does sound like fun fishing though!

[mizzouflyfisher]

Those things can be a real pain. I got into tying really small stuff for a while, but ended up deciding it wasn't worth the hassle. I was missing too many fish. IF you are tying small stuff, try to use the TMC 2488. It's got a wide gap and it's available in a ton of sizes. It still amazes me that a decent fish will move over a foot to take a size 26 fly. Seems like a waste of energy.

[Danoinark]

Mizzou, thanks for the hook tip. I think I tend to agree with you about whether a fish will expend energy for such a small morsel. I am leaning toward not continuing to tie those tiny bugs just for that reason.

Dano

[motroutbum]

sometimes those small bugs are all that they will take...especially down here on the san juan. some days you have to throw size 28-32 bugs just to get a look. in japan and china, they have competitions to see who can catch the smallest fish....those hooks get down to size 40