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09-03-2013, 07:53 PM
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Smallest fly?
What is the smallest fly you have ever caught a trout on. To me a size 14 is small, especially with my tired old eyes.
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09-03-2013, 07:55 PM
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#18 PMD. Caught a few nice little Cutts with it.
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09-03-2013, 07:59 PM
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Sz 20 black gnat kills on the bow in the spring. Sz 18 ant was getting some interest on monday eve on the red deer.
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09-03-2013, 08:54 PM
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smallest fly
It amazes me that a hook that small will stick in a fish. LOL.
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09-03-2013, 08:55 PM
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about a size 18 for me these days... I can't see that well anymore.
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09-03-2013, 09:12 PM
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Size 20 Tricos. 22 inch Brown.
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09-03-2013, 11:36 PM
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Had to toss size 20 Trico's tonight on the bow...worked out good!
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09-04-2013, 12:13 AM
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I almost always use size 16 or smaller dry. I actually cannot remember the last time I used a size 14 or larger dry and actually caught fish.
I will use size 8-10 SJW/stoneflies, but I almost always use size 16 or smaller droppers.
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09-04-2013, 07:39 AM
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On Monday i tried a size 20 trico, that was basically the only flies around hatching. And to my surprise it was the most productive fly i used so far that day! My first fish on a size 20 weren't all small ones.
It was easier to follow on a calmer water but you end up guessing where your fly is and tightening when there's a rise in the area...
It sure works and i'm gonna carry these in my box more often!
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09-04-2013, 08:32 AM
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#22 Tricos work very well. I tied up a bunch of #24s that I'm going to try sometime soonish here.
People could also be using very small nymphs and catch some nice fish. I find a lot of people use too large of nymphs, like #12-14 on average, yet the average nymph in a stream is smaller than even a 16 (or probably even an 18). I regularly use #18 PTNs as my dropper nymph off a dry or a tandem rig.
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**Hint** If you buy Orvis large eye hooks (often packaged and distributed by Daiichi) you can still use 5x on the #22 and 6x for the #24, giving you an actual chance at landing a big fish.
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09-04-2013, 09:03 AM
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I've caught fish on a sz24 dry but I've reached an age that I'll be GDed if I'm gonna fish a fly that takes me 20min to tie on or use an indicator fly to be able to see where the damn thing is floatin' at
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09-04-2013, 11:18 AM
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I've used down to an 18, don't really like to go below a 14 as it takes to long to land fish on small flies. Maybe my hooks are crap, my tiny sizes are all tied on ancient Mustad dry hooks, they seem to straighten easily.
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09-04-2013, 04:56 PM
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Size 20. Both PMD and BWO regularily hatch in this size range. The main caveat here is that problems increase exponentially with each size of hook smaller than 14. I have lost a few very nice fish on these tiny hooks, given the leader diameter requirements and the hooks themselves.
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09-04-2013, 05:05 PM
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18's and 20's all the time icefishing; nymphs
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09-04-2013, 06:32 PM
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smallest fly
Quote:
Originally Posted by Taco
I've caught fish on a sz24 dry but I've reached an age that I'll be GDed if I'm gonna fish a fly that takes me 20min to tie on or use an indicator fly to be able to see where the damn thing is floatin' at
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LOL, I'm in the exact same boat as you Taco. These old eyes can't see much below a size 16, if even that.
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09-05-2013, 05:18 PM
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#20 PMD, 21" brown
often fish #16 and 18 copper johns and evil weevils too.
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10-04-2013, 12:20 PM
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#24 griffiths gnat, lots of rainbows up to 2.5lbs during dusk midge hatches.
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10-04-2013, 12:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck Feathers
#24 griffiths gnat, lots of rainbows up to 2.5lbs during dusk midge hatches.
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X2 - Used them all the time in WA state on the seep lakes in the central part of the state when the midges were on. Locally - a #20 trico...
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