What's In Your Flybox

[flyfishmaster]

Dano,

First off great topic!

What I see interesting about the current posts, is that the size only goes down to size 18 for most patterns. It made me chuckle a bit since 90% of my patterns start at 18 and go to 24.

I believe smaller is better 80% of the time and it works very well for me. Also, I'm not a very good streamer of soft hackle fisherman either.

But to get back to your list:

You got to have some: Pheasant tails and RS2 patterns size 18 or smaller.

Later,

FFM

[Zach Bearden]

I couldn't tell you how many flies I have in my boxes... I find a fly that is productive in all types of water then it goes in the box. I don't generally fish with stuff the is too imitative. The most imitative fly I fish is a woven mayfly nymph. I fish TONS of hot spotted flies. Yeah sure, laugh at all the crazy orange and pink.

Plenty of my flies are very basic, almost primitive. There are two things that are almost always in my flies though. Tungsten and Lead Wire.

I fish alot of:

Serendipitys, they imitate a caddis very well on a TMC 200R.

Pheasant Tail Nymphs with and without hotspots. Beaded and no beads.

The woven mayfly nymphs with beads. All kinds of colors and sizes.

Another top producer is the good ol' hares ear nymph. Rubber legs on 'em too!

Czech Nymphs are all over in my boxes! Theres something about that slim body and a hotspot in them that gets those fish.

Biot Nymphs are amazing! I don't fish them near enough, but they are some of the top producers in the way I fish. Cant beat that slim body with them legs.

Anyways, thats just my general box. I have four that I rotate through. Plenty of my experiments go into hook boxes and have a special place in my pack. If they pass the fish test then I whip up a few more and stuff them in a box.

If anybody has a question about a fly I'll post em if you just ask me.

[Danoinark]

It made me chuckle a bit since 90% of my patterns start at 18 and go to 24.

You got to have some: Pheasant tails and RS2 patterns size 18 or smaller.

Later,

FFM

Yeah, FFM I have some of those little flies. I will tell you right quick why I don't carry many....

I can't see em!!!!!!

The PT's and The RS2 are excellent choices by the way.

[Danoinark]

I couldn't tell you how many flies I have in my boxes... I find a fly that is productive in all types of water then it goes in the box. I don't generally fish with stuff the is too imitative. The most imitative fly I fish is a woven mayfly nymph. I fish TONS of hot spotted flies. Yeah sure, laugh at all the crazy orange and pink.

Plenty of my flies are very basic, almost primitive. There are two things that are almost always in my flies though. Tungsten and Lead Wire.

I fish alot of:

Serendipitys, they imitate a caddis very well on a TMC 200R.

Pheasant Tail Nymphs with and without hotspots. Beaded and no beads.

The woven mayfly nymphs with beads. All kinds of colors and sizes.

Another top producer is the good ol' hares ear nymph. Rubber legs on 'em too!

Czech Nymphs are all over in my boxes! Theres something about that slim body and a hotspot in them that gets those fish.

Biot Nymphs are amazing! I don't fish them near enough, but they are some of the top producers in the way I fish. Cant beat that slim body with them legs.

Anyways, thats just my general box. I have four that I rotate through. Plenty of my experiments go into hook boxes and have a special place in my pack. If they pass the fish test then I whip up a few more and stuff them in a box.

If anybody has a question about a fly I'll post em if you just ask me.

Zach, I wish I knew more about Czech nymphs and the techniques. If I recall its similar to high sticking. Also aren't you on the Junior World team this year and if so I would assume Czech nymphing is the style most preferred.

Dano

[Buzz]

Too many, but never enough.

[Flysmallie]

A bunch of junk, but the longer I fish next to Leonard the better it gets!!!

My trout box is pathetic. I really have to get better at this. My smallie box is a little better but it seems that i always end up carrying a lot of stuff I will never use. My tackle boxes that i carry in my canoe for conventional fishing are the same and the bass boat is also full of stuff that I will probably never use. Hell I hardly use the bass boat anymore.

There I just made one of those New Years resolutions, downsize. I have to get rid of the junk I'm never going to throw and get the stuff I will use organized.

[trout fanatic]

I have gone thru many phases. Started out carryin everything but the kitchen sink. Then turned into a minimalist and carried only a few of each fly that I new produced or that I planned to fish. Now I carry everything including the kitchen sink. I just can't stand the nagging feeling that I know the hot fly is back on my tying bench or in my truck or for that matter anywhere but on my person. Now I feel better AND I even catch a fish every now and again!

[troutchaser]

JD, I fish dries, but only if I know they're working. That's when I'll tie a few up and try them.

If Taneycomo had a decent Mayfly hatch, I'd definitely carry more, but with only midges hatching on a regular basis, Cracklebacks, Griffith's Gnats and Renegades are all the dries I need for success.

[laker67]

JD, I fish dries, but only if I know they're working. That's when I'll tie a few up and try them.

If Taneycomo had a decent Mayfly hatch, I'd definitely carry more, but with only midges hatching on a regular basis, Cracklebacks, Griffith's Gnats and Renegades are all the dries I need for success.

Troutchaser,

Mayflies hatch from March to Sept at Taney.

[troutchaser]

Your right, laker67, but it's usually a miserable hatch when it happens. Like I said, if they had a decent hatch...

EDIT: I seem to remember a Blue Winged Olive hatch in '03 worth mentioning, but it wasn't much.

Zach, what's a hot spotted fly?