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What flies would you buy?

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huntnphool:
PM sent Dave

walt:
Nice prince bone.  daveenlola it gets addicting.  Trout, then bass, then steelhead, carp, pike...  Here is what I have been working on lately.  I still need to paint the eyes.  Look out pike!

Curly:
Most of the trout that I've caught on flies in Western Washington lakes have come on Chronomid patterns.

Red Dawg:
Yes, you need to buy some dry flies as well as nymphs and figure out witch one suits you best. I like to nymph for everything but dry fishing is also very effective at times. The best thing you can do is learn how to build them your self, they get very expensive if you are fishing all of the time. Before you know it you will forget about trout and you will only want to catch sea runs on your flyrod.

jackelope:
how much do you want to spend?? this discussion could go on for hours.

if i was buying flies and i could have 1 reasonably sized box full of them for trout, be it rivers or lakes.....

dry-
elk hair caddis with a black body size 14
stimulators with a yellow body size 6
parachute adams size 14
madame x size 6

streamers-
olive wooly boogers size 6
some olive or brown sculpin type weighted streamers with eyes...big...size 2-4 maybe.

nymph-i'd go heavy on the nymphs
prince...size 12-14, tungsten bead head
tungsten bead head flashbacks, same size
black kaufman stonefly size 4-6, again beadhead.
chironomids work really really well in the right place at the right time...but in my opinion are incredibly boring to fish correctly.

i'd also have some strike indicators if i was new to the sport...gear fishermen call them bobbers...the fluffy yarn ones.

i would run strictly 5x leaders with 5x or 6x tippet...and i would have 9' and 12' leaders....about 18-20" of tippet. once you get good at fighting and landing fish go to  6x for most of the river fishing and all of the lake fishing until you end up fishing for the zombie triploids.

you could fish pretty much anywhere at any time with those flies, leaders, tippet, and indicators and have a reasonable chance at catching fish. i'd also have some fly floatant....gehrke's gink is good stuff.

i also make a habit of stopping at local fly shops...ask them what was working yesterday and buy a couple flies here and a couple there...before you know it, you have 15 fly boxes full of flies...
oops.

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