In this week’s excellent connecting video, Tim Flagler of Tightline Productions discusses his growing self-confidence in the color blue for winter season fishing and after that reveals us how to connect a small, sophisticated midget pattern. Whenever I consider connecting flies smaller sized than size 20, I stress over my fat fingers obstructing, keeping the hook eye clear, and leaving enough of a hook space to make a strong connection with a trout. Having actually understood Tim for several years, I can ensure you that his digits aren’t freakishly slim, so if he can do it, we can do it. And, naturally, he constructs the fly in such a method that your 6X or 7X tippet need to move right through the hook eye (if you can see it, naturally), and the bottom of the fly body is good a tidy.
Winter Season Parachute Midget
Hook: Scud/pupa hook (here, a Dai-Riki # 135), size 22.
Thread # 1: Peacock blue, 70-denier or 8/0.
Tracking shuck: Golden brown Antron yarn.
Post: White polypropylene drifting yarn.
Rib/thread # 2: White Veevus, 16/0.
Hackle: Grizzly midge hackle.
Adhesive: Head cement (here, Sally Hansen Hard-as-Nails).
Tools: Whip-finisher, fine-point connecting scissors.
