You gotta be kidding!

I was just down to the local Just-Bring-$$$ fly shop to get a lay of the
land. I knew they had nothing under $100, but that was expected. What I
wasn't prepared for was the shock I received when I went over to the fly
bins and looked for nymphs, the one's that are supposed to be active in my
local watery. Holy crap!

What the heck am I supposed to do with a no. 18 nymph? Hell, I get eye
sleep bigger than these things. I could barely even see them and they were
black. I have no idea where the hook or the eye is. Tying one is beyond
the scope of my imagination ...unless it's the Hubble. What tippet will fit
these micro midges? My 7 mil taper tip has to be bigger than the hook
shank. Do I tie on an even smaller tippet? If so, what? Pixie dental
floss? Spider silk?

nb ....rudely awoken