What Fly Do You Use Most?

[paul taylor]

I was wondering, what is everyone’s favorite fly that they reach into their fly box and tie on either the most often or first to their tippet when they hit the stream?

[bryan hulse]

It depends from river to river, but is usually one of the following: a zebra midge (18-22), a blood or disco midge (18-28), or a scud (14-18).

I enjoy tying flies about as much as fishing and have tried dozens of different recipies, but my nymph box is filled with less than a dozen patterns. Same can be said for my dry fly and streamer boxes. I experiment a lot more with midges–they are my favorite to fish.

[brian dunigan]

Clouser minnows are my favorite fly in the whole wide world – especially a black/gray foxee dace in a #6.

[mick mccorcle]

#14 beadhead prince

#14 Crackleback

#18 flashback pheasant tail

[alan king]

In Colorado and New Mexico …Olive Caddis, Chocolate emerger and Orange Stimmies various sizes

[greg mitchell]

Interesting topic. Here in Missouri mine (in order) are:

Zebra midges in various colors #18 to #22
Mohair leeches various colors #10 and #12
Cracklebacks various sizes and colors

Greg

[Bob Riggins]

Prince of Tides 1/0.  But then again, we don’t have many trout streams down here.

[Zach Matthews]

In Arkansas:

#16 Trout Crack or Humpback Scud

In Tennessee:

#20 Zebra Midge (Black and Silver) or #14 BH Pheasant Tail/Copper John

Elsewhere:

Probably a #2 Zuddler in Olive

Good question.

Zach

[davy_wotton]

In my book my no 1 fly is a GRHE, gold rib hares ear.

That fly has caught me fish world wide,

[Mike Anderson]

Scud.

[brian dunigan]

Add a rainy’s woven scud to my list.

[newsman]

Golden Stonefly Nymph, Stimulator, and Renegade

For Salmon my own patterns Mat green, Bite Me, and Flat Black

[Phil Landry]

#14-16 Scuds/sows

#18 pt-cruiser- a bead headed pheasant tail -with red wire & a long tail

#20 Zebra midges

#16-#18 soft-hackles in olive & brown

#6- buggery

I feel like that list will get it done in a whole lot of places.

[riptide]

For trout…hands down the gold ribbed hairs ear

For Atlantic salmon…the foxford shrimp

For Stripers…a blue and white lefty’s deceiver

If I were restricted to one fly for each species it would be these

Rip

[Cameron Mortenson]

For N.C. Trout…Point Fly…Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail or variation of the RS-2…with a thread or crystal flash midge dropped off the back…

This combination works well on any tailwater or midge heavy fishery…

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