snelling midges?

[Bruce Norikane]

thanks for all of your input. in my case, the real problem is threading tiny flies while on the river and in less than ideal conditions such as cold, lack of light, trembling fingers, etc. As in the case of Redietz, I'm relegated to snelling before arriving on the rivers.

Try a C&F threader in a store with your midges. They work very well for exactly what you're describing.

The C&F threaders help either on river or at home. For me, pre threading flies at home with the C&F is much faster and easier than pre-snelling. With the matching C&F box, the pre-threaded midges are also very convenient to store. No winding and unwinding snelled flies. Also much more compact.

The threaders also work on river. I can get the threader through a tiny hook eye much easier than trying to get a limp 6x or 7x tippet.

I have no affiliation with C&F.