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I have to agree on pheasant tail and hare's mask. If you had only the two you could tie alot of nymphs. But I must add the Hen pheasant skin, I still keep finding new things to tie with it.
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You can't catch fish with your fly in the air!
It depends on what kind of fishing I'm tying for. If it's trout I'd go for hare's mask, while if it's warm water I'd go for foam. Funny thing though, I rarely use foam in my trout tying and rarely use hare's mask in my warm water tying.
Most usefull materials I feel are most versatile not including hooks
Thread {few flies are tied without it}
Marabou {bodies, tails, streamer hair, dubbing, woven, spey style, gills etc}
Deer Tail {wings, bodies, twisted, streamer hair etc}
Rabbit {dubbing, tails, wings, strips for streamers, etc}
Chicken Feathers. {hackle wings, marabou fluff tails and fluff dubbing ropes, hackle stem bodies, streamers}
Antron Yarn { wrapped bodies, cut up for dubbing, wing post, wings, twisted bodies, woven and in a pinch streamer hair.
Bucktail/deerhair
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"Nick's heart tightened as the trout moved. He felt all the old feeling" ...Ernest Hemingway
I would have to simply say the feather....It's use's and way's of use are endless.
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"I've often wondered why it is that so many anglers spend so much money on,and pay so much attention to.the details on the wrong end of the fly line.If they took as much care in selecting or tying their flies as they did in the selection of the reel and rod,They might be able to gain the real extra edge that makes it possible to fool a fish that has,in fact,seen it all before" A.K.Best
"Wish ya great fishing"
Bill
I would have to vote for saddle hackles as the most versatile material. You can hackle wooly buggers, make streamers, tie deceivers....the list just goes on. 8T
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You had better learn to be a happy camper. You only get one try at this campground and it's a real short camping season.
Tough one but I'll throw in a second vote for polypro; it's my latest craze right now.
Peacock herl. Bugger bodies, Wooley bodies, Nymph bodies, and under bodies on foam back beetles.
Hare's Mask,
Don't leave home without it! LOL
Jim
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