.... for you ??

Dennis' Fishing Report for his outing last Friday on the South Fork of the Snake in ID got me to thinking about this question, again. Dennis reported that most of the fishies he caught ate a prince nymph.

The prince nymph is undoubtedly one of the most popular nymph patterns around and is the "go to" fly for a great number of folks who nymph fish regularly.

I CAN'T SEEM TO CATCH A FISH ON THIS PATTERN. I have no trouble tying what seems to be a very good version of the prince nymph. BUT I swear, every time ( with two exceptions ) I have fished one, I lose it almost immediately or fail to catch anything with it.

Same thing with a WOOLY BUGGER. I did have one good day swinging and stripping a couple bugger patterns, and that was that.

So - what proven patterns don't work for you ??

John