Fulling Mill Micro Midge Black

Small flies fail for reasons that have nothing to do with the fly

Tiny patterns get blamed when the real problem is the tippet or the strike. Go finer than feels comfortable so the fly moves naturally, and lift rather than strike, because a small hook needs to be drawn into a fish rather than snatched away from it. This one carries a gold bead so it fishes as the point fly under a team of larger buzzers, taking the whole cast down while offering the smallest thing on the leader.