If you could only have one fly pattern
in your fly box, what would it
be? Would you choose a dry fly or a nymph?
If that pattern could be modified to match
many insect hatches, or if it could be fished
as a dry, wet, nymph or streamer; would it be
more likely to be your pick? What if someone
designed a fly that would fit almost all
occasions with only a slight modification in
size, hook or materials, but the tying steps
remained the same? Would that earn this fly
a place in the hallowed halls of your fly box?
In my case, it earned this fly the right to
its own fly box.
Originally published c. May 23, 2008 on Fly Anglers Online by Al Campbell.