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Pete, if I had to choose just a few flies to carry, they would be:
BHPT sizes 14 and 16
Zebra Midge sizes 16 and 18
Adams sizes 14, 16 and 18
Royal Wulff sizes 14 and 16
These flies have probably accounted for 90% of the 100s of trout that I
catch each year in my home state of Maryland and the other states that I fish
PA, NY, VT.
They accounted for 100% of the 60 trout that I caught in the Canadian
Maritimes the last 2 weeks.
IMHO size and presentation are more important than a big assortment of
flies. My number one rule in fly fishing for trout is if the fish are
not rising use a nymph and switch to a dry when you start seeing
rises.
Cheers, beers and tight lines,
George
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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 10:58
PM
Subject: [VFB] New topic: new
flyfisherman
Hello all-
I just found out today that a fellow
coworker has picked up a fly-rod for the first time Tuesday and is 'hooked'
after C&R-ing a gorgeous 17- inch rainbow trout on his first cast (now
THAT is beginner's luck!). Here's the question for the group: He
doesn't tie his own flies, and while I'm steering him that route, what do you
suggest I tie up for him to use in the meantime, as a gift? As it is
fall here in Pennsylvania, terrestrials are about all that is out (save a few
late- hatching Little- BWO's / Slate Drakes at around size 18 or 20 and
'Ghostflies' = white mayflies around size 14 or 16).
So far, I have
a half dozen of each of these tied for him:
Size
12 BH Prince Nymph
Size 14 Black Gnat dry,
Coachman- Brown EHC, and Foam Black Beetles
Size
16 BHGRHE (hare's ear), PTN, Isonychia Swimmers, and Lt Cahill Thorax (Dry)
Size 18 BWO, Black Ant, and Claret/ Cinnamon
Ant
and Size 20 Brown-n-Olive Al's Rats (midge pupa pattern)
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance and Tight
Lines,
Pete
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