Name 5 "Go To Flies" !!

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Thought this would be fun… :smiley:
If you only had 5 flies to chose from that you had to fish NATION WIDE.
What would they be??
Here in MO I have found that my 5 would be…
Crackleback
Wooly Bugger
Zebra Midge
Scuds(not really sure about color)
Renagade
I haven’t had the chance to fly fish anywhere else yet so I just put on my MO choices.

Have a good one.
Rich

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I guess I should have mentioned TROUT as your species of fish for your flies. :wink:

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:stuck_out_tongue: My choice would be:

Adams
Lady’s Fish Finder (Grizzly)
Crytal Beetle (Black over Orange)
Green Weenie
Al’s CB Scud (Orange)

Have good times with all of these. John

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Keeping in mind my limited geographic reference:

Parachute Adams
Rusty Spinner
Light Cahill
Some type of Gray Caddis
Green Weenie(hate to say that)

Allan

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In the Pacific N/W, particularly the inland streams, rivers and lakes would always take with me some:
Caddis (whatever size/color)
Adams (whatever size/color)
Wolly Bugger (whatever size/color)
P/T Nymph (whatever size)
SHWAPF (whatever size/color)
All good for Rainbows, Cutthroat, German Browns, & Bull Trout. Also good for Bass, Crappie and Blue Gills.

6

OK…here’s mine:

Adams
Tan Caddis
BWO
Sulphur
Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear

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A black foam beetle-size 16
A black ant-size 22
A BWO thorax-size 20
A Mercury Midge-size 24
An olive Woolly Bugger-size 8

If I had to pick one it would be the beetle hands down.

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1.Elk hair caddis
2.Copper John
3.Wooly bugger
4.Stimulator
5.double bunny

these are my favorite 5 flies and usually work about anywhere i’ve gone in the northwest

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5 go to flies for me are:

Wolly Bugger
Adams
Pheasant tail
Gold ribbed Hares Ear
Royal Wulff

10

For brookies in Cape Breton Nova Scotia my top five would be:

Orange buck bug
Elk hair caddis
Light/ Dark Spruce
Muddler minnow
Small black compra dun or haystack

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I would have to select the following:

  1. Wooly Bugger (black or olive)

  2. GRHE

  3. EHC

  4. Parachute Adams

  5. Parachute PMD

8T :smiley:

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In no particular order:

Olive beadhead woolly bugger
Elk hair caddis
Japanese beetle
PT nymph
Green weenie (has been the best all-around fly for me all year and continues to catch 'em!)

Marty
MFTG

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Adams(Dry and Wet)
GRHE (Nymph)
Cooperbug aka (Devil Bug)
Dark Cahill (Wet)
Bomber (Dry)
Humpy had to be mentioned…
And a box full of Midges/Chironomids…You’ll never catch me near water without that box!!!

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1 Prince Nymph
2 PT
3Stimulator
4 Adams
5 Micro May Fly

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Hmmm,

In no particular order

  1. dry: Wickham’s Fancy
  2. wee wet: Invicta
  3. wee wet: Doc Spratly
  4. NC spider: woodcock and orange
  5. streamer : Hammlim minnow (pattern of my own design:
    Tail : yellow fibers
    body : flat silver tinsel
    rib : fine round silver
    throat: red fibers
    wing : pine squirrel tail
    cheeks: chesnut brown pheasant wing feathers (or woodcock) to 1/3 body mark.

  • I caught my personal best (7.25 lbs brown) with this last one on the first time that I tried it out, so I’m always expecting it to work. So far, it’s been my best producing streamer pattern, though olive wooly bugger is a close 2nd. Hmmmm, did I just sneak in a 6th there?

  • Jeff

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:frowning:

I’m going to get very negative here…

At least Trout has been defined but …what type of trout fishing???

At this time in my life I’m a stillwater fisherman…my going toos are going to be wet[seldom a dry]…for stillwater…not rivers… so how is that meaningful to anyone wondering “go too” flies for rivers? I’d give you a different list for the flies I used on rivers,and for rivers ask me if it’s wet or dry…and when I fished…always hit the salmon fly hatch…

IMHO an exercise in futility…

Sorry…fish4trout…I think getting more specific could be more informative…because I think what other folks use is very useful…of course RonMT can never be pinned down…[G]

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Lately in no particular order
for Mo and Ok

Crackleback
Wooly Bugger
GRHE
Chamois san juan worm
Stimulator

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:smiley: There isn’t a definitive type of stream to be mentioned.
If you feel the the need to be specific go right ahead. :?
I’m not asking people for info to write a book.Just a friendly list of what we like to use on our particular waters or waters abroad.
IOW have fun with it :wink:

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I didn’t see a limit on type of fish (probably missed it). There is a warm water section but…

Smallies seem to like

1-poppers
2-sneaky petes
3-spiders
4-clousers
5-weighted woolly buggers
6-sparkle minnows

and all but 4 and 6 with rubber legs.

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I’ve fished for trout a handful of times at best, also in MO. I would have to say:
Griffith’s Gnat
Crackleback
Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear
Woolly Worm
and the Adams

These are the only flies I’ve used and they seemed to work at times.