A Genuine Micro Fish

by Ted Naydan
(Charlton, NY)

The other morning I just caught the smallest fish I think I’ve ever caught so far. It’s a baby chub or dace, I can’t tell. Just over the size of a penny, I’m sure it would fit on a Japanize Yen coin. Caught on a Gamakatsu “ultimate” Tanago hook, that I completely removed the snell from and tied a Varivas 10X Tippet directly to the hook.

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.