What if someone came up with 'the' fly? The ONE, the fly that caught trout everywhere under just about all conditions. Something versatile enough and easy enough to tie that anyone could use it successfully regardless of where they fished.

I know it's probably not possible.

But, what if it was?

I know it's a long shot, and I'm not asking if it's possilbe, or even likely. That discussion would be a bit too subjective, even for me.

So a hypothetical here. The ONE fly exists. You have the skills to tie it. It works on your waters and it works so much of the time and so well for your style of fishing that it convinces you that it is, truly, the ONE.

My question is:

If it existed, would you use it?

Would you basically give up your other flies to fish the one that always worked? Would it lessen your enjoyment of fishing?

How about fly tying. Our hypothetical fly is all you need to catch fish. Would you tie only that fly and not bother with others? Would that take some of the enjoyment out of fly tying for you?

Thanks for playing along.

Buddy