jdmidwest Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Going to need a bigger setup, looking good. BilletHead 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
ColdWaterFshr Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Those look great! Now have her start tying some #22’s….or triple articulated! ness and BilletHead 2
BilletHead Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 We once again set down at the vices this morning. Let's see how Pat did downsizing a bit. Today we did thread midges. Rusty and olive. Hook TMC 2499 SP-BL. Wicked sharp and barbless with a wide gap. Yes you might loose a fish or two if you let your line go loose but in the net with one flop of the fish they unhook themselves. Size 14 but make your midge like an 18. Fish could care less about the hook if they are biting they a focused on the midge. Pat got a bit long on the midge size but so do I at times. She feels cross-eyed right now. tjm, Daryk Campbell Sr, Foghorn and 5 others 8 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
BilletHead Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 2 hours ago, BilletHead said: We once again set down at the vices this morning. Let's see how Pat did downsizing a bit. Today we did thread midges. Rusty and olive. Hook TMC 2499 SP-BL. Wicked sharp and barbless with a wide gap. Yes you might loose a fish or two if you let your line go loose but in the net with one flop of the fish they unhook themselves. Size 14 but make your midge like an 18. Fish could care less about the hook if they are biting they a focused on the midge. Pat got a bit long on the midge size but so do I at times. She feels cross-eyed right now. Another thing, I bought these hooks many moons ago. I just checked the current price. Oof 55+ bucks a hundred. 😵💫 dpitt and kjackson 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Foghorn Posted February 5 Posted February 5 Those thread midges will work! I still have a few hundred of those TMC's around but I also bought them several years ago. BilletHead 1
BilletHead Posted February 6 Author Posted February 6 37 minutes ago, Foghorn said: Those thread midges will work! I still have a few hundred of those TMC's around but I also bought them several years ago. Yes, they will. I have also done some in primrose and pearl, pink, red and of course in zebra midge colors. Thought about tan. What colors are we missing? "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Flysmallie Posted February 6 Posted February 6 15 minutes ago, BilletHead said: What colors are we missing? I used to be a bit of a midge freak. Poison Tungsten was always my favorite color. BilletHead, dpitt and nomolites 3
jdmidwest Posted February 6 Posted February 6 2 hours ago, BilletHead said: Another thing, I bought these hooks many moons ago. I just checked the current price. Oof 55+ bucks a hundred. 😵💫 Do they even make 100 packs anymore? Most squander them out in 15 or 25 packs.. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
BilletHead Posted February 6 Author Posted February 6 5 minutes ago, jdmidwest said: Do they even make 100 packs anymore? Most squander them out in 15 or 25 packs.. Yes, they do. Amazon.com : Umpqua Tiemco Fly Tying Hooks TMC 2499Sp-Bl (100Pk) 14 : Fishing Hooks : Sports & Outdoors "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
dpitt Posted February 6 Posted February 6 4 hours ago, BilletHead said: Yes, they will. I have also done some in primrose and pearl, pink, red and of course in zebra midge colors. Thought about tan. What colors are we missing? Had good luck this year on the the White and Taney with black body and copper wire and bead BilletHead 1
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