Well I caught a nice rainbow on my over hackeled parachute tan caddis and one on an over haired elk hair caddis. Fish didn't seem to mind. I also had a lot of misses on some of my other beginner quality flies. I did notice that there was a nymph in my box that I was afraid to use. So following advice, I tried it--snagged and lost it on the first cast!

The fish didn't seem to mind that my flies don't look exactly like those in the books, but for some reason I became wary of a few. I took all the flies I "passed" when fishing and put them in a eperate box. I'm probably going to carry that box for pan fish or just strip them for the hook. They might catch trout, but I'm not confident enough to use them!


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Brad