{"id":255,"date":"2013-04-12T18:10:33","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dryfly.me\/?p=255"},"modified":"2013-04-12T18:11:44","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T18:11:44","slug":"tiny-adult-down-wing-midge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/2013\/04\/tiny-adult-down-wing-midge\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Adult Down-Wing Midge"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you read towards the end of the excellent book “Tying Small Flies” the following pattern shows up in the\u00a0\u00a0“32s!” chapter: Tiny Adult Down-Wing Midge.<\/p>\n

I’ve tied some flies on the TMC #30 before, but I had a package of Varivas #30 Ultra Midge and Gamakatsu C12-BM #30 that I hadn’t tested out yet, so this ended up as a showcase between the three hooks.<\/p>\n

All flies tied with Sheer 14\/0 for body, CDC as wing tied in with TMC 16\/0<\/p>\n

TMC 518<\/h3>\n

I like the 518: it has a nice hook-gap and good strength in the hook that can deal with “some” force. The eye is small, but that is only to expect in these small hooks. For standard dry-fly in the #30\/#32 this is my\u00a0preferred\u00a0choice.<\/p>\n

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Varivas 2300<\/h3>\n

First time I tie on the Varivas 2300. Compared to the 518 above this must be handled with a delicate hand! The hook is really light and bends with only the smallest amount of force. On the positive side: the hook-gap is slightly larger than on the 518. I have not fished this yet, but my initial thought is that I would trust the 518 over this hook, but that is to be seen later this summer.<\/p>\n

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Gamakatsu C12-BM<\/h3>\n

It is barbless, curved and has a extra large eye. The feel of the hook is now better again: it feels strong and can deal with some force. The extra large eye makes this a better choice for attaching it with cold fingers when you are out next to the river.<\/p>\n

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The hooks<\/h3>\n

All hooks together to show the big difference in eye size:<\/p>\n

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The packages together with their respective midges on top:<\/p>\n

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The pattern itself is easy to tie in on these small hooks. The 518 is still my favourite, but the Gamakatsu is a very good runner-up after this round, so I will experiment some more with that hook before the summer (it is also the only barbless I have seen in this size)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you read towards the end of the excellent book “Tying Small Flies” the following pattern shows up in the\u00a0\u00a0“32s!” chapter: Tiny Adult Down-Wing Midge. I’ve tied some flies on the TMC #30 before, but I had a package of…<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,16],"tags":[36,37,20,32,25,35],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20-32","category-midge","tag-36","tag-gamakatsu","tag-midge-2","tag-tiny","tag-tmc","tag-varivas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyfisher.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}