What flies would you buy?

[daveenlola]

I'm a new fly fisher and need to buy some flies that will work in diffrent places, would you buy a "western selection" or just some flys? What flys are my best bet?
I have a reddington crosswater 9' 5/6w, hook size?

Any help would be awsome
Thanks

[billythekidrock]

Joe's Hopper, Muddler Minnow for starters.

[Red Dawg]

buy prince nymphs. they work in every stream that I have ever fished in the northwest. On several different species of trout. Also wooly buggers and stimulators.

[daveenlola]

sweet thanks guys, what sizes should I get?

[walt]

It will really depend on when and where will you be fishing mostly?  What kind of fish will you be targeting?  Wet or dry flies?  Lakes or rivers and streams?  Every place you fish will have different bugs on and in the water depending on time of year.  Lots of flies will work in lots of places but if you can give a little more info I'm sure we can help out more.

[boneaddict]

Prince Nymph  All purpose fly for River use and lakes.  I've caught tons of fish at Chopaka, Wannacut and another private lake, including several 9-12 pound Triploids.

[EastWaViking]

deer hair caddis is my favorite trout fly.

[boneaddict]

Yep, an all purpose fly.  Check out this thread...

[boneaddict]

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,5926.0.html

[popeshawnpaul]

You need to decide whether you like wet or dry fly fishing.  I prefer dry fly fishing so I have a huge selection of those.  Get a cheap vise and start making your own, it's fun. 

I wouldn't go out without wolly worms, wolly buggers, muddler minnows, caddis, royal coachman, humpy, mosquito, chironomid, etc.  I tend to use smaller sized flies.  I like my dry flies about size 14-18.  I do use quite a few tiny 18-24 midge imitations as well.

[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.