The thread on the main page about 'great' flies that don't catch fish brought this to my mind.

I own twenty or so 'pattern and tying instruction' books. Each has from twenty to several hundred fly patterns listed. Then there's sites like this one, where hundreds of fly patterns are listed, usually with tying steps. Then there's you tube.....I have to have looked at tens of thousands of different fly patterns over the years.

Now, someone went to the trouble to publish or post each of these flies someplace. That takes some small amount of time just doing the photo, listing the recipe, even without an SBS.

Would someone even do that if the fly in question didn't produce fish? If so, why?

And, if the flies do all catch fish for the tier, does that say something about the sport itself? Or, maybe, about the fish?

Just curious about what you all think.

Buddy