Top 5 Flies

[Phil Lilley]

This was asked a LONG time ago and we have lots of new anglers on the forum since then so I thought I'd ask the question again. Add some technique if you'd like.

Warning... you may be quoted!

Thanks

[superfly]

1. Don's Crawdad

2. Yellow Stonefly

3. Red worm / eggs - salmon

4. JiGS - variety of colors

5. Prince Nymph

[Gavin]

#1 Pat's Rubberlegs

#2 Rubber legged fox squirrel nymph

#3 Egg's

#4 Mohair Leach

#5 Lead eye, Rubber Leg Wooly Bugger

[Phil Lilley]

Gavin- you answered this question several years ago when I asked... and here was your answer-

Gavin -

1)Mohairs & Buggers

2)Rubber Leg Stones

3)Rubber Leg Prince

4)Rubber Leg Hairs Ear

5)Egg Patterns

Hasn't changed much!

Thanks!!

[Wayne SW/MO]

#1 Ostrich Leech

#2 Woolybugger

#3 Griffin's Gnat

#4 Double Bunny

#5 Scud

[Brian Sloss]

See Superfly and Gavin's list and you are pretty well set, though this time of year I would add hex nymphs and golden stones to the list, at least until the end of Sept.

[Al Agnew]

Hare's Ear

Scud

Soft Hackle

Elk Hair Caddis

Woolybugger

I think I could catch fish anywhere in MO with just these five. But when a hatch comes off, you'll need a dry to match it. And really, I've found that a whole lot of nymphs are somewhat interchangeable...if they are taking one they are probably taking a different one. You could substitute a Prince, a Copper John, a Pheasant Tail, or any other buggy looking nymph for the Scud and Hare's Ear. It's much more the presentation than the nymph.

[Gavin]

As Justin said on on one of the NFoW threads recently....Good drifts catch fish. NFoW & 11pt trout rarely feed selectively, but occassionally notice that they have a preference for size, or color. Blue/Olive or Rusty/Olive is a good color on the 11pt...that river is packed with Coldwater Crayfish...

http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/coldwater-crayfish

[ozark trout fisher]

I don't know the 11 Pt well enough to say what I think the top 5 flies are for it. But if we are talking statewide on trout streams, this would be mine.

1. Hares Ear

2. Pheasant Tail

3. Glo-Bugs/Egg patterns

4 Woolly Buggers

5. Adams or Parachute Adams

If I could add a 6th and a 7th, it would be the Ausable Wulff and the Copper John.

[2sheds]

Starting with the premise that my only opportunity has been an annual late-July float trip from Greer to Narrows/Myrtle:

1) Don's Crawdad - dropper

2) Black MOAT Stonefly

3) Wooly Bugger (aiming for smallmouth downstream from Riverton)

4) Pheasant Tail Nymph - dropper (concentrating in slower water downstream from Riverton)

5) narrow minded enough to not even consider, although Brian has some crazy Red Prince Nymphs that showed promise this year