It looks like a pretty good list. The only things I'd add are my go-to nymph, the bead head prince (tungsten for fast water, brass for everything else), and for dries, I'm seldom without a selection of blue-winged olives. Even when there's no BWO hatch going on, it's not a bad choice. Second only to the Parachute Adams for a searching dry fly.
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 1:09 PM Subject: [VFB] Dozen a day > I've been a little less inclined to fish in the cold this winter and have > decided to spend more time tying and perhaps use up some of the materials > piling up. My goal is to tie a dozen flies a day of those patterns that I > use the most, work through them all and then start over. > > So far I have tied up around 24 dozen, representing about the same number of > my favorite patterns. I have inlcuded my list below. If you fish a "must > have" pattern that is not on the list, I would be interested in tying up a > some and giving them a try. Tell me what is missing! > > > Nymphs: > BHGRHE (18-12) > GRHE (18-12) > PT, Maribou PT (20-12) > Steve's Fly (Caddis) > Deep Sparkle Pupa > Black Rubber Leg Stone (2) > Disco Midge (Red, Black, White) > Scud (Gray, Pink) (12,18) > Prince > > Soft Hackle: > PT Body and Brown Hen > Partridge and Green > Partridge and orange. Yellow > > Spinner: > Trico (20) > > > Dry: > Royal Wulff > EHC > Renegade, Sierra Bright Dot (All simple fore/aft style flies) > Fuzzball (Brown/grizzly hackle palmered on black thread covered hook) > X-Caddis > Emergent Sparkle Pupa > Dancing Caddis > Adams > Parachute Adams (20-12) > PMD Emerger > Stimulator > Club Mac > > Terrestrial: > Turk's Tarantula > Gary Avis "Super Hopper" > Hollywood Cicada > Cherynoble Ant > Foam Ant, Beetle > San Juan Worm > > Stillwater: > Rickards Black Angora Goat Hair Leech > Woolly Buggers tied "Chili Style" in Black, Brown, Olive, and Light olive > Thin Mint Leech > Maribou Damsel >
