Amigos:

Don't get me wrong in the sense that I havent tied a whole bunch and bought even more types to try. My fly boxes are fairly well assorted too. It's just that the flys I mention tend to out perform most of the others in my high mountain lake conditions. Thanks for the Canadian Brown Mohair input. Where can I mail order it? I sure will try it! As for tying other flies, yeah, its fun and I still do it, but I always make sure to stalk about 6 of each one I mentioned in my box. And yes, I do try others from time to time just to see what happens, but I'll tell you, as a beginner I would have wasted a lot less time sticking to these basics until other aspects of my skill became solid. (Like presentation, distance, retrieve etc.) -Migs