One of my top 5 Flies

[Bruce Norikane]

Hi-viz parachute ant
Klinkhammer (in mayfly colors and sizes - BWO, PMD, Green Drake)
Rio Grande Trude
Bead Head Pheasant Tail
Blue Poison Tung

[NJTroutbum]

C' mon, Ralph, play along. Ha! Just pick the top 5 in your home water.

Lol......I did.

[Joe Billingsley]

Copper John
Pheasant Tail
Stimulator
Catgut Caddis Nymph
Parachute Adams

Joe

[lastchance]

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Lol......I did.

Hi Ralph. Just jagging you a bit.

[billknepp]

In no particular order.
Gold ribbed hares ear tied in the round
Gold ribbed hares ear in olive
My crayfish pattern..Yes differs from any I've seen in a few ways
Tiny wolley buggers in various colors
Minnow streamers..Yes they are my own creations.
That's five..but..
When the sulphers are on.. I have an extended body version that is a must...
And spinner flies that which I've posted pics of here before..no not dead mayflly imitations either lol
That said.. am I to gather from reading this thread that many of you throw what you know works for you.. most of the time...n not specific flies to imitate whatever the fish are supposedly to be keying in on??
Oh and i guess it's top 6 cause I can't leave out my all time favorite go to pattern the Dark Cahill wet fly is God!!!

[NJTroutbum]

[QUOTE=lastchance;515710]\


Hi Ralph. Just jagging you a bit.[/QUOTE

Gotcha.....all good.

[bikebum]

Stimulator
modified Yuba Emerger
Red headed step child
Graphic caddis
Hares ear soft hackle

I had to think long and hard but if I could only have 5 patterns in a few sizes and colors these would be it. I call the second one a modified Yuba emerger but I have stolen things from at least 3 different flies the way I make it. seems to produce from California to Colorado but have yet to get a chance to try it since moving to North Idaho.

Bikebum

[ronnie_mckee]

For fishing the trout waters here in S.C. these are my top 5 flies.

Elk hair caddis - orange body
Dark Cahill
Wooly Bugger
Clouser
My Octopus Grub

[Jayatwork]

I need two lists. Although there are a few crossover patterns, my stream and stillwater flies are mostly separate.

Stream:
Prince nymph
Pheasant tail nymph (Troth)
Posse bugger
Elk hair Caddis
Parachute (match the hatch)

Stillwater:
Chromie
Seal bugger
Callibaetis nymph
Callibaetis parachute
Damsel nymph

[pillcaster]

for trout:
1. John Scott's Pine Squirrel Cheater, with or w/o a bead http://flyanglersonline.com/fotw/2009/fotw20090921.php
2. Golden Retriever in pink
3. soft hackles
4. ck nymph http://www.matthewreillyoutdoors.com...-the-ck-nymph/
5. Mr Rapidan parachute http://catalog.murraysflyshop.com/pr...idan-parachute

the Glo Bug has to be in there somewhere, along with the EHC.....