Above photo: A size 24 Sulphur is one of my favorite patterns to fish on summer mornings. When the fish are sporadically rising to passing little duns, a tiny pattern like this can often make or break your day's worth of fishing. I tie this one with a combination of yellow and peach Kapok and blend it thoroughly. When you start getting down to hooks smaller than #20, you have to economize everything along a hook shank, especially on a short shank hook. As you can see in the photo above, the TMC 531 has a short shank and a wide gape, which is ideal for micropatterns. Hook-ups on the 531 are very positive, and I have a ton of confidence in these hooks in very small sizes. The pitfall is that you have limited space along the hook shank. Using Kapok allows me to keep the bulk down even in the thorax. The CDC wing is canted with a buildup of Kapok dubbing on each side of the wing base, in a darker peach color. Four turns of golden ginger hackle from an old Metz cape complements the co...