What is the top 5 flies to have in your box this spring?

[3FL2 0]

If you could tie just 5 patterns what patterns would you tie?

These patterns can be done in all sizes but you can only tie 5 patterns....

 

Here are mine:

 

1. Gold beaded hare's tail sizes: 14-20

2. Brown hackle peacock sizes: 14-18

3. Black caddis sizes: 16-20

4. Adams: sizes 16-22

5. Blue wing olive nymphs:14-18

 

What are your patterns??

[duckydoty 0]

Slump busters size 10

T&A Rainbows size 2/0 5-6 inches long

Sow bugs size 18-12

Bead head hares ear nymphs size 16-12

Bead head stones size 14-10

 

duckydoty

[Sal Velinus 0]

hares ear

midge pupa

parachute mayfly

bh PT

wooley bugger

 

 

[ILikeFish 0]

hares ear

BH PT

woolly bugger

CDC caddis

midge pupae

 

hmmm, maybe i should start thinking about dry flies more

 

[flygirl 0]

Griffiths Gnat #20

Blue Winged Olive #18- #22

Adams #18

BH Pheasant Tail #18

Elk Hair X- Caddis #16

[eastern fly 0]

BH soft hackle pheasant tail #18

hare ear #14

Midge pupa #18-#24

BWO #14- #22

Elk hare Caddis style tied with a snow shoe rabbits foot wing

[Slate_Drake_9 0]

BHPT 12 to 22

Royal Coachman Dry 12 and 14

X-Caddis (olive) 12-16

Partridge and olive soft hackle 12-16

Rusty Spinner 12-22

[SkinnyPole 0]

No lead wire or beads on these, split shot as required. .

 

Scud (14-22) tan,gray,olive,brown,orange,shrimp.

Soft Hackle (14-22) red,olive,yellow,orange,black,brown-thread body- copper,silver wire rib optional.

Midge Larva (14-22) red,olive,orange,black,brown,shrimp-thread body- copper,silver wire rib optional.

Bow River Bugger (4-14) white,olive,brown,black.

Renegade (4-18) brown-white,black-black,white-white,brown-brown.

 

Good Luck,

 

Skinny

[tidbit 0]

 

 

Group,

 

 

Teeny nymph: fish it on the bottom and let it drift.

 

Chili Pepper: First fly out and my "go to" bug.

 

Golden Squirrel (aka Royce Dam). This streamer is way under-rated. I have fished it: it gets results.

 

White Wulff

 

BWO-parachute--a good choice about everywhere.

 

 

Simple and they all work. You can pick and choose sizes as needed in your area.

 

tid

 

 

[flyguy5910 0]

hare's ears

pheasant tails

buggers

stoneflies

rainbow runners

[carlp5351 0]

Biot emerger(varaition of the Barr emerger)

BH UV hare's ear

Caddis larva

Black Beauty

Soft Hackle gold stone nymph

[day5 0]

For bass and pike:

crawfish

spider grubs

meat head streamers

ice ice streamer

clousers

 

For steelhead:

wooly buggers

clousers

esl's

bunny leaches

eggs

 

[letumgo 0]

POP Fly (soft hackle) - also PYP, PRP & PGP's (orange, yellow, red & gold versions)

Raccoon's (Skip Morris fly) - (black, white, yellow)

Micky Finn bucktail streamers

Mrs. Simpson streamers

Hornburg streamers (both wet and dry versions)

[madkasel 0]

Interesting thread!!

 

For trout I'd say...

 

Beaded black caddis emerger (sizes 16 and 18)

Scud (always size 12 in orange and cream)

Copper John (size 14 and 16 - various colors)

Adams (size 14 - 20)

CDC & Elk in various colors (sizes 14 and 16)

 

 

* This list subject to change on a moment's notice!!

 

[maddog48 0]

Zebra midges in as many color combos as I can tie. I have 2 of the SA boxes full of Zebras in sizes 14-20. It's about all I fish anymore. :help:

 

 

Mike