Tom's Deadly Dozen Trout Flies - The New Fly Fisher
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Date: 2022-05-15
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Robert
Undoubtedly this is a great list. It's so difficult to narrow it down to a mere dozen. I've been having amazing luck with a perdigon style nymph and green and orange for the past couple of years. I spoke with a lot of local fly fisherman, including well-known guides, and they all seem to swear by a red and black perdigon. I've tried that fly, and I've been skunked! I think there's just a confidence factor in knowing what works for me.
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Undoubtedly this is a great list. It's so difficult to narrow it down to a mere dozen. I've been having amazing luck with a perdigon style nymph and green and orange for the past couple of years. I spoke with a lot of local fly fisherman, including well-known guides, and they all seem to swear by a red and black perdigon. I've tried that fly, and I've been skunked! I think there's just a confidence factor in knowing what works for me.
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Michael
All-time favorite euro-nymph flies are variations of the Hare's Ear: GB Hare's Ear, Hare's Ear Bomb, or Guide's Choice Hare's Ear. Other confidence flies are Frenchie, Peaches and Cream, Tungsten Mercury Black Beauty over regular Zebra Midge, Rubber Legs, and finally Black A. P. 's. Always jigged, barbless, and with tungsten, if possible. I mostly fish fast, deep pocketed, Western streams.
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All-time favorite euro-nymph flies are variations of the Hare's Ear: GB Hare's Ear, Hare's Ear Bomb, or Guide's Choice Hare's Ear. Other confidence flies are Frenchie, Peaches and Cream, Tungsten Mercury Black Beauty over regular Zebra Midge, Rubber Legs, and finally Black A. P. 's. Always jigged, barbless, and with tungsten, if possible. I mostly fish fast, deep pocketed, Western streams.
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Simon
Another tip: If you are tying your nymphs, you pretty much always want to use a bright colored thread. Especially good colors are purple, orange, and red. I have only used purple thread on my pheasant tails and prince nymphs for the last five years or so, and I am never going back. I don't know what it is about the added color, but fish are really drawn to it.
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Another tip: If you are tying your nymphs, you pretty much always want to use a bright colored thread. Especially good colors are purple, orange, and red. I have only used purple thread on my pheasant tails and prince nymphs for the last five years or so, and I am never going back. I don't know what it is about the added color, but fish are really drawn to it.
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Nelson
Great list, have made notes, interested to try the Chubby Chernobyl. Easy to see floaters become increasingly important with the years!
From years of trout fishing in Britain, a go to that always inspired confidence (and that-s part of the battle) is the white hackled coachman.
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Great list, have made notes, interested to try the Chubby Chernobyl. Easy to see floaters become increasingly important with the years!
From years of trout fishing in Britain, a go to that always inspired confidence (and that-s part of the battle) is the white hackled coachman.
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Fly
Great selection of flies and these are to be the most popular everywhere. But when am I go to see a video of the Smokies? We pretty much get videos from up north and out west, but nothing from the NC/Tn area. The Davidson doesn-t count either. ---
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Great selection of flies and these are to be the most popular everywhere. But when am I go to see a video of the Smokies? We pretty much get videos from up north and out west, but nothing from the NC/Tn area. The Davidson doesn-t count either. ---
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Mike
I've used a size 18 green caddis for years, super simple fly to tie, between this and the Griffith's gnat you just can't go wrong. these 2 flies have worked on fresh water almost every where I have try'd them, rivers, lakes and small streams
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I've used a size 18 green caddis for years, super simple fly to tie, between this and the Griffith's gnat you just can't go wrong. these 2 flies have worked on fresh water almost every where I have try'd them, rivers, lakes and small streams
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DPG
Great list but 12 is hard to work down to for all of us. Hit my local lake in BC yesterday. 11 rainbow on blood red rabbit strip leech trolling and 6 more on black Tom Thumb in middle of a hatch. Sometimes everything works.
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Great list but 12 is hard to work down to for all of us. Hit my local lake in BC yesterday. 11 rainbow on blood red rabbit strip leech trolling and 6 more on black Tom Thumb in middle of a hatch. Sometimes everything works.
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Steve
Great advice. I fish mostly freestone snowmelt streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of CA, and on many outings I've used nothing but an elk hair caddis. I've even used it as a nymph and emerger.
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Great advice. I fish mostly freestone snowmelt streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of CA, and on many outings I've used nothing but an elk hair caddis. I've even used it as a nymph and emerger.
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James
Thanks Tom for a great simplified selection. I appreciate your emphasis on beginning fly fishing essentials. Keep it up. Besides even those of us who have been doing this awhile need a refresher.
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Thanks Tom for a great simplified selection. I appreciate your emphasis on beginning fly fishing essentials. Keep it up. Besides even those of us who have been doing this awhile need a refresher.
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Rob
I have never been fly fishing before even though I grew up and lived nearly my entire life in Idaho, Montana and Eastern Oregon. What is a good book or video to get a complete newbie started?
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I have never been fly fishing before even though I grew up and lived nearly my entire life in Idaho, Montana and Eastern Oregon. What is a good book or video to get a complete newbie started?
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