Ozarks Dry Fly Standards

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I finished my "perfect" nymph box...the standards I can tie well (FB pheasant tail, hare's ear wet, crystal prince, UV grey dubbing scud, rubber leg FB copper john, and zebra and pheasant tail midges). I would like to thank everyone for the help on the bead head and misc help threads. I hope to post a pic tonight.

So now to work on the dries. What would be your "Ozark Standards" and at what size for the spring creeks? What would be in your back up case?

Crackle back

Brown Elk hair

Black Elk hair

BWO

Adams

Pale Morning Dun

Griffin's Gnat

Black Ant

Hopper's

Stimulator

Red Quill

Royal Wulff

[Ill Trout Bum]

I would also include some black and white midges in size 20.

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Here is the pic. Thanks again for all the help.

[fishinwrench]

Lookin' good !

Everyone loves the EHC and I guess it's ok, but I have been won over by the X-caddis in cream/tan, and green apple/ tan (#20 and #16)

X-Caddis:

TMC 100 or 101 #14-22

Tail: antron or Z-lon fibers

Body: thin strip of craft foam ,wrapped.

Wing: deer or elk hair, stacked

Head: wing hair butts

[dennis boatman]

I tie a fly very similiar to that using Caribou hair. The little browns love it...I usually tie it on a 10 or 12...

[ozark trout fisher]

The nymph box looks good. Certainly you've got just about everything you need for fishing the wild trout creeks. I like the simplicity. No reason to complicate matters on those kind of streams where the trout just aren't very selective.

Even though I probably do 40-50% of my trout fishing with dries, my selection isn't all that diverse. That makes me pay sometimes when the fish are extremely picky to a certain hatch, but generally it works fairly well.

1. Adams and Parachute Adams, in all sizes from #12-20

2. Ausable Wulff, #12-16

3. Black Gnat #18-22

4. Dave's Hoppers #4-12, plus a few ants, beetles, and other terrestrials

5. Elk Hair Caddis #12-16

That about covers it, and I would say that about 95% of the time I won't get caught without what I need. Trout just aren't as picky as some people make them out to be. But there is that other 5%. I end up using the Adams and Parachute Adams more than all the others combined. They work at least passably for just about all the mayfly hatches we have on our rivers and creeks here, and have even been known to work quite well during caddis hatches.

[dave potts]

Might want to add a Renagade to the box. I've had good luck with them.

Dave

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Might want to add a Renagade to the box. I've had good luck with them.

Dave

You know it is a stupid thing, but I just can't tie that fly.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Mine would be the EHC, Griffins, Renegade, yellow hopper, Adams, H & L variant, and some kind of spinner. If you want to forget the exact patterns tie some dries consisting of a tail, dubbed body and hackle in black, ginger, grey and olive in 14's and 16's. Use these to match the hatch and you can drop the Adams. The H & L is handy when you have troulble seeing your offering and the others are obvious.

[3wt]

I think some type of Tricos have to make the cut. Probably a 24 or 26 in a spinner.