02-14-2019, 05:26 PM
You wrote:
"All good choices so far.
If I had only one fly, I might take a hard look at a grey comparadun around size 18. It is a simple fly but will do a lot on the surface, in the film, and even stripped back. It can pass for BWO or various other small mayflies.
I would also strongly consider a wooly bugger. It would be
to give up on dry flies, but the wooly bugger is so versatile.
Also in the running:
Egan's Rainbow Warrior (size 16)
Adams in size 14 (this old pattern has fallen from favor but I still tie it)
Corn Fed Caddis
Hare's Ear"
Thanks. I thought about the Adams but I wasn't sure if it was a better choice than the Caddis. Aren't you glad we don't really have to choose just one?
I read once that in old U.S. military survival kits the only lure included was a jig. Sounds a lot like a bugger to me.
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"All good choices so far.
If I had only one fly, I might take a hard look at a grey comparadun around size 18. It is a simple fly but will do a lot on the surface, in the film, and even stripped back. It can pass for BWO or various other small mayflies.
I would also strongly consider a wooly bugger. It would be
to give up on dry flies, but the wooly bugger is so versatile. Also in the running:
Egan's Rainbow Warrior (size 16)
Adams in size 14 (this old pattern has fallen from favor but I still tie it)
Corn Fed Caddis
Hare's Ear"
Thanks. I thought about the Adams but I wasn't sure if it was a better choice than the Caddis. Aren't you glad we don't really have to choose just one?
I read once that in old U.S. military survival kits the only lure included was a jig. Sounds a lot like a bugger to me.
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