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Hatchmaster

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About Hatchmaster

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  • Birthday 10/27/1967

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  1. I found found a few ways to organize different flies. One is to organize boxes according to month or seasonal hatches. This works best with mayfly patterns and you can put all stages of the insect in one box if you like. I have one box dedicated to Hendrickson, another for Sulphur patterns and so on. The other way is to organize boxes according to type of fly. For example, I have one box just for wooly buggers, one for large nymphs, one for caddis larva, one for midge larva, one for small nymphs, one for terrestrials, etc., etc. There are quite a few patterns that I carry all the time because they can be effective at anytime. From spring to fall I am reorganizing the flies in my vest about once a month because of the seasonal hatches. From late fall to early spring things pretty much stay the same. I found it best to carry a few small boxes with enough flies to get you through the day. Then you can replenish them from a "bulk" box at the end of the day if needed. I like to be prepared like a boyscout so I'm usually carrying up to six small boxes with me. But I don't like to carry a lot of nymphs if I'm set up for dry fly fishing and vise versa. This is because I like to use different equipment for each style to be more effective. But I will take a couple choice patterns in case I need to switch on the stream and improvise.
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