TedderX 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 What is your favorite fly and why? Please post a picture! I have two favorites. The black wooly worm because it was the first fly I tied. The yellow wooly worm because it was the first fly I caught a trout on. Both are proudly displayed on my fly patch on my vest. And, will always be there even if I have to tie new ones (which looks like it need to be soon, lol). So what's your story? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave G. 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 No story, I have many flies on my vest patch but not for the same reason you have yours. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 I made this fly to sink hook point up and to be weed "resistant". Only later did I find out it resembled an already "invented" fly. But my name for it is "The Panfish Attractor". It's my favorite fly because it usually gets hits when nothing else is working. But for fun, nothing beats a top water hit, so my "Fluffy Tailed Popper" is my second favorite fly. I don't have a "patch" to hang flies on, so no display flies hanging on a vest. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 too many favorites, too many photos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 Not one favorite, but many. Most of them from when I was starting and caught fish, specially if I thought there was no chance they would. Now, any fly that gets them biting again, after they become "acquainted" with the last ones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishingbobnelson 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 Too easy for me, and if you have been on the forum long enough you know which one it is: Nelson's Caddis by Nelson Ishiyama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 I have favorite flies I like to fish but I have no favorite fly I like to display or story to go with them. Wait a minute............ I have two deceivers that my dad tied that I leave sit on the bench. They are not being displayed and I won't ever take them fishing I just like to occasionally look at them and think back a bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicente 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 I don't really have a favorite fly, just ones I like to fish tend to fish more than others, small clouser like strangers on a size 6 stinger are most common. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tidewaterfly 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 I'm like flytire & others, too many I like tying & using, and no stories that I can think of. I fish a lot with Clouser Minnows, but not any specific color all the time. Poopdeck, nice looking Deceivers! My father wasn't a fly fisherman, but he got me fishing at a very early age & fished with me as often as he could, so I'm with you on thinking back! BTW, to the OP, in all these years, being primarily a bass & salt angler, I've caught a lot of fish on styles such as Lefty's Deceivers, Clouser Minnows, Seaducers, Bucktail Streamers, various Rabbit Strip patterns, and poppers or Gurglers on the surface. There are others but these have all been good for a long time and most any place I've ever fished. I always carry some of each! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TedderX 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2016 I have favorite flies I like to fish but I have no favorite fly I like to display or story to go with them. Wait a minute............ I have two deceivers that my dad tied that I leave sit on the bench. They are not being displayed and I won't ever take them fishing I just like to occasionally look at them and think back a bit. image.jpeg Now that's a good story and beautiful flies! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vjc 0 Report post Posted September 6, 2016 Usually the last one I tied. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytyer62 0 Report post Posted September 14, 2016 For me it is the fly I am catching trout, Steelhead or salmon on at that time. Too many flies to just have one favorite. I do have a couple that I saved one is a pink woolly bugger my youngest daughter tied and I put it on a clients leader for giggles at the end of the day and he got a 28" brood-stock salmon on it. The other is a tattered crystal meth that I caught the steelhead pictured on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites