Originally Posted by
JeffHamm
Hi Buddy,
That got me to thinking because, to be honest, I have no idea! I rarely tie the same pattern twice in a row, and never sit down to ensure I have at least X number of some pattern. Usually, when I sit down at the vice, I'll just decide on a pattern I want to tie, tie one up, and if I have time to tie a 2nd fly, I'll tie a different pattern. Since there are certain patterns I like to fish, I eventually end up with a fair number of those ones. But since I also like to fish as many different patterns as I can (I often will change flies to a new pattern after catching a fish to see what else works) I often have a few "experimentals" in the box to try out. I've gone on some outings where the plan was to fish only patterns I've not yet caught a fish on.
- Jeff