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Alright, that does it. I'm doing it. I'll have to figure out
how to tie something onto them, but I've got a good creek in mind where I can
fish them. It doesn't get too much pressure because it's a bit of a hike back in
and the fish are small (plentiful, but not much to them).
If anyone knows where I can get some size 32 hooks, let me
know. Any ideas on patterns would be appreciated as well. Frankly, my tying
skills are the only thing that concerns me about taking this on. I
don't usually mess with anything smaller than an 18, and I spend most of my
tying time in the size 4-8 category.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 10:11
AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: DonO's microscopic
flies
Dan, if you're serious about fishing a #32, fish it as a
dropper 8" below a size 14 humpy or other high-floating fly, on a 1 or 2 wt,
with 8x tippet connecting it to the humpy. Fish it alongside undercut
banks. It can and has been done. I haven't- you think I'm crazy???
Oh, and use a Shakespeare reel, per Dan W.
DonO
Off to the "Big Boy's Toys" show at the events center.
Later
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 11:32
AM
Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: DonO's
microscopic flies
Dan
So what you're saying is maybe a 3 wt with a 9x tippet,
small streams so you can see it, maybe some of those alpine streams up in
the Cascades that are full of smaller westslope cutthroat. Keep the loop
tight and make sure the line is straight out before it settles on the water.
Don't fish any fast water, just keep to the pools and eddies and make sure
you get a good, clean, drag-free drift.
Just wanted to make sure I was following your
answer.
Dan
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:02
PM
Subject: [VFB] Re: DonO's microscopic
flies
Dan Crowe asked re DonO's midge:
>How do you tie something that small, and how do you
fish it?
Norman Maclean did not I think say this, but (perhaps quoting his
Calvinist father), he might well have: One fishes it in exactly the way
one approaches fly-fishing in general, thankful to have been reminded that
all such fishing constitutes after all an act of faith and aspires to a
state of Grace. Samuel Johnson once said of Shakespeare's plays, "No
one but a blodkhead ever wrote for any reason other than money." To which
I respond, "That may be so, but that's no explanation for why he thought
he had to make his plays _that_ good." The same applies here, leading us
to say to ourselves, in all humility: "Thanks Don. The world's a better
place for your having been in it."
Dan W
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