My wife and I recently backpacked 140 miles across the Eastern Sierra in California. We brought along a Tenkara rod and a handful of flies. We wanted to thank you for this killer recipe. Your Reaper Midge in size 14 outfished all other patterns by a very large margin. These high alpine- lake and creek Golden's, Brookie's and Rainbow's could not resist this pattern. At the time of tying we did not have purple so we substituted with red thread. Thank you for this great recipe!!