"Jim" wrote in message
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On Sun, 16 May 2004 13:29:40 +0800, "tony weall"
wrote:

As a Kiwi I had to rise to the bait and not let this slur go
unanswered. :-)
My largest fish was 8.5 lb Tongariro rainbow jack on a #14 white
caddis. This is not unusal on the Tongariro though. Why would you want
to tie #20 and #22 flies, which I imagine would be very fiddlerly,
when a #14 shark hook does the job just fine?

In tailwaters in the US, much of the trout's diet consists of very small
insects (in large quiantities). My largest fish under these conditions is a
23" Brown on a size 22 midge emerger, and I have caught numerous 18-22" fish
on size 20 -24 flies.
Three years ago, I caught a 14lb. steelhead on a size 16 Copper John after
it successively boiled at - but refused - size 4, sixe 6, size 8, and size
12 standard steelhead patterns.


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Bob Weinberger
La, Grande, OR

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