old flies

[rainbowchaser]

Does anyone else still fish them? My box for opening weekend will include some adams (upright and spent wing), Borcher's drake, dark cahill wet fly, picket pin, and royal coachman wet as well as some soft hackle wets .

[Threedayweekend]

I still use adams a lot and sometimes I tie on a coachman.

[Jack Hise]

Down here the Wooley Bugger is at the top of the list long with the Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear, Prince, Copper John, etc.

[dave potts]

Down here the Wooley Bugger is at the top of the list long with the Pheasant Tail, Hare's Ear, Prince, Copper John, etc.

Same here in MO.

[Allan]

I was going to respond thinking you meant 'old flies', as in the actual age of the flies not the age of the pattern. Now, after thinking about your question regardless of what you meant, I guess I'd answer yes to the former, and definitely to the latter.

Allan

[JeffHamm]

Hi,

I think all the flies I have are either my own pattern or old classics. I fish lots of spiders from Pritt (1800s) and winged wets are things like royal coachman, cochmans, Greenwell's glory, dark Montreal, Parmachene Belle, Bloody Butcher, etc. For nymphs, I'll use pheasant tails, gold ribbed hare's ear, hare and copper, olive nymphs, with dries like coch-y-bondu, royal wulfs, professor, adams, elk hair caddis, and Whickham's Fancy (when I remember to try a dry that is). I've tied up lot's of things like Mallard and Yellows, or Teal and Green, and so forth, which were old classic series that used to be the mainstay of many a fly box years ago. I have lots of older New Zealand patterns tied up too. I've found they all still seem to work just fine.

- Jeff

[quivira kid]

I tie and fish old school wet flies for almost everything I go after. Trout and bluegills here still eat em...

[sharps]

Yes, I use a few of the old classic patterns because they still catch fish....and I'm a sucker for all things old.

[branhap]

For Dries, Adams and Elk Hair caddis are my favorites. For nymphing, BH prince nymph, zug bug, and san juan worm, and hares ear are my favorites.

Come August though, Rainy's Hopper has to be my favorite with a prince nymph hanging about 12" inches below it on the smaller streams.

[adglife]

Might seem funny, but since I'm new to the sport, a Royal Coachman is new to me! So I've used it and caught fish on it. Love it.