You gotta be kidding!

Go to the Dollar Store and get a half dozen pairs of reading glasses in
the 2X to 4X range and get matching straps (they are easy to lose on
the stream - the straps cut down losses). This will help you thread
those flies. I have always said by the time most people get the
patience for fly fishing they can't see the flies.

I will also chime in that an 18 is on the small end of normal. My one
staple winter fly is a 22 Zebra midge and the BWOs coming out now on
the limestoners are alos in the 22 size range.


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JeffK wrote:
Go to the Dollar Store and get a half dozen pairs of reading glasses in
the 2X to 4X range and get matching straps (they are easy to lose on
the stream - the straps cut down losses). This will help you thread
those flies. I have always said by the time most people get the
patience for fly fishing they can't see the flies.

Thanks for the advice, Jeff. I used to be a machinist and could
visually scale 0.005" easily. Now, in my geezer yrs, I need everything
from magnifying glasses to watchmaker loops. No prob, I will endeavor
to persevere (and invest in more glass!).

nb