What is your easiest fly to tie that is also one of your favorite to fish?

[deepcreek]

I have to go with the sparkle dun and the iris caddis. Definite Blue Ribbon influence but both great flies and easy to wrap.

[Normand]

i like a thread midge i tie

http://www.danica.com/flytier/nfrech...read_midge.htm

[James Smith]

For me it has to be a beadhead leech. I use a premade dubbing brush made with black seal fur so it only takes me about 1 minute to tie one up. They are extremely effective and almost indestructable. Great pattern that catches a wide variety of fish.

Jim Smith

[MSD53X]

CDC and Elk caddis (not elk) (dear hair) LOL LOL But VERY productive fly for me. I bring at least six with me every time I go, and give away 3, brown or olive, they work !!

[CoachBob]

Go to Home Page
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Bob Boese
look at Generic flies. Easy to tie and all work.

[JimBob]

Here in the East, one of my most successful flies has to be a scud.
It is very simple to tie: just dubbing, fine wire for ribbing & a very narrow clear plastic strip (or scud back).
Deadly on both limestone & freestone streams...

[ScottP]

CDC and Elk caddis (not elk) (dear hair) LOL LOL But VERY productive fly for me. I bring at least six with me every time I go, and give away 3, brown or olive, they work !!

CDC & Elk gets my vote, too.

Regards,
Scott

[PRM]

To imitate/simulate an adult caddis, a CDC & Elk like this:
http://flyanglersonline.com/flytying...010702fotw.php
or an elk hair caddis like this:
http://www.danica.com/flytier/ccrave...air_caddis.jpg

To imitate/simulate an adult mayfly, a Hairwing Dun like this:
http://flyanglersonline.com/flytying...011606fotw.php

[JohnScott]

.... that are very easy to tie and also catch lots of trouts, which gets them on my list of 13,000 favorite flies.

First, for a midge larva that produces everywhere it is fished, the t.c.t.k. which is much like that shown in Norman's post. I tie it on a size 18 Dai-Riki 135 scud hook, mostly in olive brown, but occasionally in other colors.

Second, for a sculpin / baitfish style streamer, the PSC. This is a pine squirrel zonker only fly that has worked everywhere that I have fished it. Hard to beat the jolt when a trout hits this little streamer while it is being stripped through moving water.

John

[flyfishfairwx]

.... that are very easy to tie and also catch lots of trouts, which gets them on my list of 13,000 favorite flies.

First, for a midge larva that produces everywhere it is fished, the t.c.t.k. which is much like that shown in Norman's post. I tie it on a size 18 Dai-Riki 135 scud hook, mostly in olive brown, but occasionally in other colors.

Second, for a sculpin / baitfish style streamer, the PSC. This is a pine squirrel zonker only fly that has worked everywhere that I have fished it. Hard to beat the jolt when a trout hits this little streamer while it is being stripped through moving water.

John

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