Mar 18 2010
micro midge
This past weekend I finished tying up some flies for a swap that I’m participating in, the Small Fly Swap 2010 with the NLFT/TU club. These were the smallest flies that I’ve ever tied – #28! With eyes ramping up to 50 years old, it was a bit of a challenge, but thankfully I had purchased a magnifying glass attachment for my Peak vise.
I also had to swap out the standard jaws on the vise, replacing them with the midge jaws – recommended for hooks smaller than #22. Fun stuff – as I haven’t used those midge jaws yet as I’ve never actually tied anything smaller than #18 before. ;^)
Deciding what to tie was a bit of a challenge – but after browsing through my copy of Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns, I got inspired and made up a nice simple pattern.
Here’s the pattern I came up with:
HOOK: Mustad 94834 #28
THREAD: Gudenbrod 10/0 Black
TAIL: Crystal Flash
BODY: Peacock herl
I’ll post up some pix once the fly’s from the swap are distributed.
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