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    Default The most versatile fly?

    I tied up a couple of Madsen's skunks( http://www.michigandryflies.net/file...attredirects=0 ) today. This fly can be fished dry, swung as wet fly and then retrieved as a streamer. The only other fly I would fish this way is a muddler minnow. It's also reputed to make pretty good bobber. I was wondering if anyone else has a similarly versatile fly.
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    That old standby the Hornberg. Can be tied in different colors too.

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    i fish the crackleback both wet and dry (mostly wet) and catch tons of fish as i am stripping it back to me. great fly. most productive for me with a green flashabou body.

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    I've got to throw my vote behind another Michigan fly-- the Adams. Pound for pound, it lends itself to more pattern styles-- traditional, parachute, Female version, etc --and can be "trimmed" and weighted for use as a nymph. I tend to like the old stuff, but then, that's just me...

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    Quote Originally Posted by rainbowchaser View Post
    I was wondering if anyone else has a similarly versatile fly.
    Interesting question.
    For terrestrials, some variation of the gurgler will cover just about anything that might fall into the water.
    Even for more selective trout,,,9X out of 10 it will be good enough.

    You can even go over the top and weight them.
    Here's the infamous Bullhead Gurgler,,,,with just enough lead to give it slow sink properties.
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    I would agree with both the Muddler Minnow and the Hornberg.
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    http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...080805fotw.php

    Scott Sanchez originally tied his Convertible for the Jackson Hole One Fly to be fished as a dry, nymph or streamer; it had the combo Wulff/Trude wing and heavily hackled front, but also a marabou tail like a bugger (wish I had my copy of his article from Fly Fisherman; the picture with a full marabou tail was kinda weird). Depending on the conditions, the angler could perform on-the-stream modifications with a pair of scissors to get the bug he was looking for. Not quite like the Muddler, which you can convert from a hopper to a streamer by rubbing it's head in a little mud, but pretty versatile.


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    I'll nominate a Renegade.

    http://www.flyfishohio.com/Renegade.htm

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    Muddler Minnow is the absolute champion. Perhaps a Bomber then. I fished Bombers as a regular walked fly for big trout and salmon and also in a bizarre way...with fast sinking lines. On both ways catch fish.

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    People again falling into the trout-centric narrow vision. Take an Adams out on a lake where bass are pushing shad to the surface and see how it does- or out in the salt for bluefish or stripers. For catching all kinds of fish in the most number of circumstances, nothing can beat a pattern suggestive of a baitfish. ALL gamefish eat smaller fish, at least occasionally. Simplest, easiest, and most adaptable style is a properly tied Clouser's Deep Minnow.

    Second choice might be a Woolly Bugger in any number of colors and details.

    Drop me anywhere in the world with a variety of CDMs and WBs and fish will be caught.

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