If I had to fish with one fly the rest of my life it would be the Klinkhamer in several sizes and colors plus with and without tail and with and without trailing shuck.
But otherwise my favorite fly is whatever is hatching at the time I am on the water…Bob
when I was a kid (shortly after dirt was invented )Doc Spratley was the #1 fly in the local Sporting goods shop .
Wets
Cronimids
Scuds
Black leech , Egg sucking leech
pheasant tail nymph .
Muddler
damsels
Dragon fly nymph .
Gold ribbed hares ear .
For the drys
Elk hair caddis .
Mikulak sedge
Adams .
On the river I consider my home water, a large caddis called an alder fly is the major hatch.
Most of the time I will fish it with a peacock and partridge soft hackle. But really, most flys with a peacock body will do, wet or dry.
Newf, around here, we use Mickey Finn’s, GP’s, Blue Charms, green slime’s & orange hackle white BuckBugs for salmon, soft hackle wets,Lt. Cahill’s, pt nymphs, and numerous mayflies for trout Deceivers,poppers & sliders for smallmouth & chain pickerel. Not very different from the Avalon,is it? Jamie
No I suppose the salmon and trout list Jamie is very similar.
No other species on the Island to speak of really as regards to Bass, pickerel, perch, crappy, etc, unfortunely as it relates to fishing, we just have salmon and trout.
I say unfortunate, cause I would love to catch other species on the fly.
One day I suppose I could try saltwater and go for a Mackeral on the fly, that is the tastiest fish on the planet, LOL. Man! oh Man! I love Mackeral.
Funny how its mostly considered bait for catching other fish in these parts.