As a professional fly tyer and Signature Designer for Rainys and Feathercraft, I tie many different Styles of Patterns. The classics work equally as well on heavily fished streams . I tie fishable realistics as well. Each pattern has its' place on any given day, and any given water.
Certainly I concentrate on designing go-to patterns that catch fish (not fishermen.....and women). I try to stay cutting edge in materials, and adding factors that are Stike Triggers in Fish. Rene, and Kelly have the same attitude when they design their patterns. Yes, there are places where the Trout become very educated (in example The South Platte Dream Stream and The San Juan River). While I am constantly having to come up with new patterns, I have had many times where I have seen only a size 26 Pheasant Tail work on such streams (the Classic PT). There have been times where Educated Trout in heavily fished streams and lakes refused the best and most realistic Go-To's (wow....even Czech Nymphing), and I pulled out a Classic Bergman, Jennings, or DeFeo, and nailed them (along with a few other Fly Fishermen...and Women). Go figure !!!!!!!!! That is what keeps Pro Fly Tyers like me humble. Over the many years (even since I was a little kid), I have found the greatest Fly Fishermen, Women, and Fly Tyers (those I even count as legends) very humble and certainly not on ego trips. I still even love nicely tied classic Catskills and Bergmans in an old Wheatly Box, and still catch Trout (even big ones) on heavily fished waters. I ask you, how is it that Tenkara Masters can catch fish with simple tied Flies ? It is all about presentation, and being humble enough to know that after all these years, and on every trip, there is still something that the water, and these fish can teach you (otherwise I would get bored, quit Fly Fishing and Fly Tying).
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