The Fly With No Eye

[AL WORRELLS KID]

Have you ever tried Tying a Fly on a Size#32 Hook?
Once you get it Tied, then the fun begins, trying to tie it onto a 1 LB Tippet, remembering there is no Eye on this Hook.     (I got to get more Powerful Glasses!)
Doug

[nwwanderer]

WOW, have a pic after getting it on the leader?  All that work and a sneeze makes it all disappear.  New parameters for hook set, back casts and fish management

[JJB11B]

I need some tiny flies for catching bait!

[Bill W]

I've caught fish on flies as small as #24.  One thing about those is it's hard to get a purchase on them to remove them from fish.

[whacker1]

we used some 24-28 on the bighorn.  it was a challenge to tie to the tippet.

[Boss .300 winmag]

What would you catch with that?

[AL WORRELLS KID]

I hooked a nice Summer Run Steelhead in a crystal clear pool on the Green with my hand-tied Adam's size#32.  (Watching the School of about 25 Fish in the pool keep shying away from a single Salmon Egg with no weight and 4 LB Fluorocarbon line drift through the middle of them, I switched to the fly.
 It held up through the rise and first jump but at the slightest tension he took my fly with him.  It was fun while it lasted, knowing the Fly worked when nothing else did.
Doug

[whacker1]

What would you catch with that?

16- 20 inch rainbows, browns, and cuts on the Bighorn.

lost many, landed many, and watched my friends land even more and lose even more.

[Bullkllr]

I hooked a nice Summer Run Steelhead in a crystal clear pool on the Green with my hand-tied Adam's size#32.  (Watching the School of about 25 Fish in the pool keep shying away from a single Salmon Egg with no weight and 4 LB Fluorocarbon line drift through the middle of them, I switched to the fly.
 It held up through the rise and first jump but at the slightest tension he took my fly with him.  It was fun while it lasted, knowing the Fly worked when nothing else was.
Doug

32! Wow!
That might be some kind of record.

[hollymaster]

Man that’s to small even for my good eyes!

[AL WORRELLS KID]

Many a time I will lose sight of the fly on the surface, it being glass smooth. You soon learn to watch for the "Dimple" as the Fish takes the fly under. Even then, it's hard to set the hook as the gap is so small and it slips right out of it's mouth without grabbing.
Doug