Flashy
Ducksterman,
I like using some flash, like on Pheasant Tail and Hares Ear Nymphs, I really like a flashback style. Others, like the Lightning Bug is almost all flash if you include the natural flash of peacock along with the Mylar. A few strands of flash in the tails of Woolly Buggers are a big help. On really bright days I will tend to use flies with little or no flash, but on cloudy days I tend to use flies with more flash.
Other flies that I tie I use no flash, using only natural materials. It is a personal choice, one that you will be making as well. As suggested, tie up some with flash and some without flash, there will be times that both will be the best fly to use.
Larry ---sagefisher---
Organizations and clubs I belong to:
Fly Fishers International Life Member
FFI 1000 Stewards member
FFI Presidents Club
FFI Fly Tying Group Life Member
Washington State Council FFI
V.P. Membership
Alpine Fly Fishers Club
President & Newsletter Editor--The Dead Drift
North Idaho Fly Casters club