I am looking for flies that are in the average skill range but they still work with the fish.
Thanks for your anwser
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What species of fish are you going after ?
Life is like a fly swap…You never know what your going to get.
I will most likely be going after Brownies and rainbows
Griffiths Gnat – very easy tie.
Woolly Bugger – easy tie.
Stimulator – medium tie, but great to learn as it involves a few different tying methods.
Adams – If nothing seems to be working, tie on an Adams. easy tie.
GregH, i second your advice and also offer the following of my own. Try to tie at least 6 or 8 of each pattern in a few sizes before moving on to a new pattern. It is even better if you can tie very similar patterns one after the other ie different coloured versions of woolly buggers, woolly worms. For dry flies try Cream variants, Dun Variants, Quill Gordons, Hendricksons, Adams. Each of the dry fly patterns have only a minor difference from the preceeding pattern and will ease the transition into new methods and patterns.
Hope that all made sense.
Jamie
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If your looking for names of patterns, TroutGeek has named some good ones. To that I would add a Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear, Crystal Bugger and an Elk Hair caddis. Tie each in a few different sizes and colour variations. All of these patterns are easy to find on the web and are well proven flies.
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… and in the wet fly category, a Leadwing Coachman.
The flies I tie the most and cathc the most fish on are all easy to tie.
In no particular order:
Woolly buggers 8-12
Elk Hair Caddis 10-16
Griffiths Gnat 16-22
Scuds 16-20
Ray Charles 16-22
Cream Midge Spinner in mostly 22
All of the flies can be found on this website by looking in the FOTW section or for easier access on some in Al Campbell’s tying section.
some of these flies are small but they are relatively easy flies to tie once you start in a larger size and slowly move your way down.
Take care everyone and cya around. Mark
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Rgary53,
I agree with the suggestions but would add the Pheasant Tail nymph. I’m also a big fan of Whitlock’s Red Fox Squirrel Hair nymph. It is also easy to tie.
Joe
I’ll second the suggestion to check out Al Campbell’s basic tying section right here. It’s the greatest instruction I’ve seen for a beginner. As a matter of fact, it’s how I learned to tie - I went through each fly, one a week, all the way through basic, intermediate and advanced. It was a wonderful learning experience and the flys that are covered will work well almost anywhere that fish live.
Al sure was a great guy.
-Darryl
“If we carry purism to it’s logical conclusion, to do it right you’d have to live naked in a cave, hit your trout on the head with rocks, and eat them raw. But, so as not to violate another essential element of the fly-fishing tradition, the rocks would have to be quarried in England and cost $300 each.”
~John Gierach
For a very simple tye, a beadhead caddis nymph is great in any stream where caddis are present. I also like X Caddis dries, and baetis nymphs.
Try the soft-hackles, flymphs category. They are easy to tie and effective.
My best,
Mark
I recommend tying three dry flies in the largest size (10 or 12), same pattern but you can vary colors, then three in each smaller size you are planning on tying down to the smallest you think you will need. You will probably think an 18 is as small as you want to go for now but someday you will want to tie even smaller sizes. Repetition is the key to getting better and once you’ve tied the biggest fly it is easier to tie a smaller size. I’d include a parachute pattern to those previously recommended, my favorite for Brook Trout in the Shenandoah Mountains in Virginia is the Mr. Rapidan Parachute; it has a yellow calf tail hair post that makes it easy to see on the water.