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Title: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on June 10, 2020, 02:19:07 AM
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.  :o   (I got to get more Powerful Glasses!)
Doug
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: nwwanderer on June 10, 2020, 06:56:36 AM
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
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: JJB11B on June 10, 2020, 08:21:30 AM
I need some tiny flies for catching bait!
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: Bill W on June 10, 2020, 09:02:14 AM
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.
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: whacker1 on June 10, 2020, 11:16:24 AM
we used some 24-28 on the bighorn.  it was a challenge to tie to the tippet.
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on June 10, 2020, 11:36:52 AM
What would you catch with that?
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on June 10, 2020, 01:45:16 PM
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
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: whacker1 on June 10, 2020, 02:35:59 PM
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.

Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: Bullkllr on June 10, 2020, 03:20:54 PM
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.
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: hollymaster on June 10, 2020, 04:38:41 PM
Man that’s to small even for my good eyes! :yike:
Title: Re: The Fly With No Eye
Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on June 10, 2020, 10:41:19 PM
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. :dunno:
Doug
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