Fish4brains: Thanks! It's good to be here.

I have trouble seeing tiny flies on the water as well. I usually tie the dinky fly to a dropper leader, which I then tie onto the bend of a bigger fly -- say, a size 16 or 19 sparkle dun or x-caddis. I spot the bigger fly -- and then spot the smaller fly.
The only problem with this is when the fish eats the tiny fly before I can even spot the big fly. And, of course, there are the tangles....