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What are your top ten flies?

We have asked our customers to provide us with a list of their top ten flies. The idea of this page is to help other fly fishermen find out what works where and in what hook size. What is your top ten list of flies? Please send your list by e-mail to fly.fishing@blueyonder.co.uk .

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FLY FISHING IN OREGON, USA
A steelhead caught on a pheasant tail nymph Here's a nice Oregon Deschutes River steelhead (about 11 lbs) caught on a #12 Pheasant Tail Nymph
Most common used flys:
Bead head Terminator (#8)
Prince nymph
Gold Ribbed Hare's ear
Pheasant tail
Batman (small purple bead head nymph)
Soft hackle
Salmonfly (occasional)
Elk hair caddis (dry)
Pete O'Dell, Oregon

FLY FISHING IN MONTANA, USA
I normally only need a few nymph patterns, most of which can be fished in Tandem with any of the others. Important patterns are
Beaded Pheasent Tail Nymphs (sizes 16-22)
Brassies (sizes 18 - 22)
Bitch Creeks (sizes 6 - 12)
Gold Ribbed Hares Ears (sizes 14 - 22)
Dry flies must consist of Baetis emerger patterns and BWOs in small sizes.
Do not enter Montana without some Griffiths Gnats (size 16 - 24).
Elk Hair Caddis (sizes 14-16)
Adams Parachute (size 14)
Stimulators (size 10 - 16)
Finally for those times when no hatch is going on I add a handful of streamers
Natural Zonkers
Black or Olive Woolly Buggers
Muddler Minnows - Fred Hoover

FLY FISHING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S EASTERN WATERS, USA
I live in the Eastern Sierra at 5,000 foot level. I fish both moving and still water. I most commonly use the following flies:-
Beaded head Flashback Hares Ear Nymph hook size 12 -14
Green Birds Nest hook size 12 -14
Seal Woolly Bugger hook size 8 -10 (like a woolly bugger but less palmered hackle and seal dubbing instead of chenille)
AP Emerger 12-16
Parachute Adams hook size 12 -18
PMD dry hook size 12 -18
Elk Hair Caddis hook size 10-16
Damselfly Nymph hook size 12 -14
Grasshopper hook size 8 -12
Flying Ant hook size 12
Bill Forward
www.forward-bound.com

COLORADO HOOK SIZE
Great website! Ive learned a lot just reading the descriptions of the few flies I've seen so far. I live in Colorado, and typically fish the South Platte fro rainbow and brown trout. Small flies are the rule - rarely anything bigger than a size 22. Thanks take care, Doug Whittenberg, Littleton. CO

FLY FISHING IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON STATE, USA
Thought I'd send you my ten favorite flies. I live in the state of Washington USA, I'm on the west side of the Cascade Mountains and our climate is probably a lot like what I understand England's is, lots of rain and for the most part very moderate Temperatures. My wife and both work and have built a retirement home in the Cascade foothills on the West side. The weather is quite different there, Very warm in the summer and very cold in the winter and lots of rain or snow. I like to fish Lakes more than rivers or streams. Most of the streams here are very small, narrow and overgrown. There are some large rivers also and I'll try them in retirement. (about 2 years from now) Mostly I have been fishing Lakes in the Cascade mountains, average elevation is about 4500 Feet and a few in the lowlands around Tacoma, around 500 to 700 feet in elevation. The flies I use most are:
(Nymphs) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear,
Telico,
Damsel,
Dragon Fly,
Zug Bug.
(Dry) Adams,
Black Gnat,
Blue Dunns,
Elk Hair Caddis,
Sizes10 thru 18.
Have a great Day!
Chuck

TONEY OF www.waywardflyfishing.com TOP TEN LIST
I fish for just about anything that swims, but mainly steelhead, trout and Bass. My top ten flies might include:-
BASS: Dahlberg Divers in different colors, but mainly deerhair grey in hook sizes 6 or 8, sorted swimmers that do not dive too much like muddlers, Wool bodied streamers size 6, 8 and 10 - no names yet. (they are just different colored wool tied onto a hook).
TROUT: Lots of Adams and Cahills. Currently experimenting with quill patterns down to size 24 if my eyesight will hold out.
STEELHEAD: Currently experimenting with simple spey patterns, mostly from John Shewey's book Spey and Dee Flies, except I do not put a tent hackle on top (too difficult for me). I put wool up there I guess I like wool. Thanks
Toney

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GERMAN & AUSTRIAN FLY FISHING
I'm glad to share my favorite flies with you. I live in Belgium but my my fly fishing trips take me to Germany and Austria. Favorite German fishing places are the Eifel region, The Black Forest and Baveria. The Austrian Alps have the luxury of numerous excellent fly fishing rives
Dry Flies
1. Sedge (Caddis) Bresson
2. Adams parachute
3. Sedge - Buck Caddis (Elk Hair Caddis) size 10 - 20)
4. Dun (differnt CDC colours but also parachute tied on Tiemco 531)
5. May fly
6. Coachman ( for almost all terrestrials)
Nymphs
1.Black gold bead (Stonefly or Gold Ribbed Hares Ear) size 10 or 12
2.Frank Sawyer pheasant Tails
3.Little Brownie
Best wishes Guido Vervoort, Bierbeek, Belgium

NORTHERN ITALY FLY FISHING
Dear Mr Moore, Thank you for the quick delivery of my order. I just got it some days ago and I'm already very excited for using them. As you've been asking me for the place I go fishing. I would like to explain. Usually I go fishing in the mountain torrents in North Italy close to Turin. Normally I use small quantities of flies but always dry flies. In those rivers it is necessary to search for fish. Like that I often use the Royal Wulff on a #14, The Royal Coach man on #16 or #14, Wickham's Fancy on #12 or #14 and other types of flies, but my preferred is the March brown fly. Many Regards Ernesto Fiora, Italy

SLOVENIA AND NORTHERN ITALY FLY FISHING
My fishing places are small mountain streams in north Italy, chalk and river (Unec, Soca etc...) in Slovenia
Top Ten Flies
Klinkhammer size 14, 16
Adams size 14
Black Ant size 16, 18
Prince's Nymph size 10, 12, 14
Midge Spent size 20, 22, 18
Midge CDC size 18, 20
Stonefly nymph size 8, 10,12
Blue Dun Parachute size 12, 14
BWO parachute size 12, 14

FLIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH EAST FRANCE
CDC emergers size 14 - 24
CDC spents size 10 - 24
Parachute Flies size 10 - 20
Peute Dry Fly size 10 - 16
Goddards Sedge size 10 - 14
Hot Spot Pheasant Tails size 16 - 20
Pheasant tails size 16 - 20
Shrimp size 14 - 18
Beaded Pheasant Tails 10 - 20
Buzzers size 18 - 24
Beaded Lafontaine Caddis size 10 to 16
Christopher Noharet, Saint Marcel Les Valence, France

NEW ZEALAND'S TONGARIRO RIVER
For winter fishing (June to September) we mainly use Hare and Coppers on a long shank hook size 10 with full length wraps of lead and a 4 mm tungsten bead on a 15ft 6lb flurocarbon leader then a dropper of about 3 foot to a size 14-16 Pheasant Tail / glow bug / prince nymph / or hare and copper, but to the point the flies aren't that important, but the way you present them.

Summer fishing on the other hand is a totally different kettle of fish, fly selection and presentation are very important, fishing long 4lb leaders and light weight nymphs or dry flies. We use a large selection of dries everything from size 18 Adams right up to size 8 Royal Wulffs and Cicada's depending on the time of season and weather depends on what works. The up side is you can see the fish in summer clear as day, so you can see if they are turning it down or not.

Mike Burgin (All About Trout/New Zealand Guides) www.allabouttrout.co.nz.links.htm

KENAI RIVER, ALASKA FLIES
STREAMERS size 2-6
Double Bunny grey and white
Clouser's Minnows grey and white
Zonkers white, natural grey and purple
Egg sucking leech, purple, black or olive
Woolheaded Sculpin, olive black, brown or mixed

NYMPHS size 10 - 16
Gold Ribbed Hares Ears, olive tan and black
Prince's Nymphs
Caddis Pupa
Small stonefly mayfly and caddis nymphs

DRY FLIES size 10 - 16
Elk Hair Caddis
Stimulator
Royal Wulff
Other attractors

EGG PATTERNS size 10 - 12
Glo-bugs 6 - 10mm in dimension, best colours are , champagne, Sockeye and peachy king, Mixing colours is good
Glue Gun Eggs
Beads 6 - 10mm

FLESH FLIES sizes 4 - 12
Gingery Bunny
White Bunny
Peach Bunny
Mixed fleshy colours of bunny fur
Battle Bunny
Yarn flies with egg or Champagne coloured Glo-bug yarn on #8
Micro flesh, a small flesh coloured yarn, marabou or fur on #12

SOCKEYE SALMON FLIES size 2 - 6
Simple Stealth, black chenille body with a black or blue wing
Soft Hackle Stealth, black chenille body with a soft hackle
Polar Shrimp
Russian River Coho
Note that just about any small steelhead/salmon fly pattern can work. I have seen Sockeye move to take pink, orange and green flies. Most shy away from the bright colours but take on smaller and/or darker flies

SILVER SALMON FLIES size 2 - 6
Purple egg sucking leech (I like a cone heade added for action and weight)
Chartreuse egg sucking leech~
Flash Fly, silver or purple
Woolly Buggers with various colour combinations and flash added
Rabit stip flies with dumb bell eyes in black, purple and pink
Silvers will just about take anything at times but they can be picky. Variety is the key.

FLY FISHING IN SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA
I fish these flies in the lakes and rivers around the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales and Victoria in Australia
FRESH WATER
Irresistible size 12
Humpy size 12,14
Renegade size 10, 12, 14
Parachute Adams size 10 - 16
Royal Wulff size 8 - 14
CDC Rusty Spinner size 10 - 18
Elk Hair Caddis size 10 -18
Green Cicada size 6 -14
Black Ant size 14 - 18

SALTWATER & BASS
Surf eel size 1/0, 2/0
Broadside Minnow size 1/0 2/0 4
Clouser Deceiver (Yellow, Pink, Blue Green) size 1/0 - 3/0
Foam Spider size 10 - 12
Crayfish size 1/0
Deerhair Bass bugs size 2, 6, 1/0
Tropical Punch size 1/0 - 3/0
Shrimp (orange/brown/red) size 2 - 8
Crazy Charlie (pink) size 2 - 8
Ezy Duster Charlie size 4 - 8

Ron Williams, Australia

FLY FISHING THE POCONOS, PENNSYLVANIA, MONTANA & WYOMING
In the Poconos early season, Woolly Buggers, Muddlers and Leeches on #4, #6 and #8 hooks. the Woolly Buggers are black and olive with some flashabou in the tail. Also I will fish pheasant tails #16, Gold Ribbed hares Ears # 12 to 14 and Princes Nymphs #10 to #12. Often I have two on at a time. By May the hatches are more in evidence and I use Blue Wing Olives #16 and #18, grey and tan caddis #14, Hendrickson #14. Terrestrials begin to become more active and small black and red ants #14 to #18, black beetles #10 to #12 are good. We do not have any grasshoppers because this is not farm land but forest. The most productive fly all year round is a #18 baetis.

In Pennsylvania, Penns creek, Fishing creek, Spring creek, and Elk Creek this is fishing to pretty predictable hatches starting with Hendricksons, gray caddis and by june Sulphurs #16 and around the end of May, the famous green drake hatch #10. Both duns and spinners just at dark. The tiny Tricos are there in the mornings for several months. These streams are in part farm country and grasshoppers are often used along with other terrestrials.

On the Big Horn River in Montana and Wyoming again #18 baetis are good all year long. A big pale morning dun hatch is there in July and August and later in the day a black #18 microcaddis comes on. Between hatches I use #18 Pheasant Tail Nymphs and #18 Scuds and Sow bugs.
Fran Perri

NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FLIES
My daughter and I fish in North Central Pennsylvania for trout. I got her interested 2 Years ago and now she's hooked. Some of our favorite flies are:
Female Adams hook size 14
Adams hook size 14.
Light Cahill hook size 12 & 14.
Sulfur Dun hook size 12 14 & 16.
Royal Coachman hook size 14.
Sulfur Dun Parachute hook size 14 & 16.
Royal Wulff hook size 14.
March Brown hook size 12 & 14.
Light Hendrickson hook size 14.
Adams Parachute hook size 14 & 16
Paul Keller.

FLY FISHING TOP TEN FOR MAINE, USA
Most of my fishing is on rivers and streams. Occasionally I'll canoe a few ponds. Most noted are the rivers of Kennebec, Penobscot, Moose, Crooked, Rapid, Messalonskee, Kenebago, Grand Lake Stream, Magaloway, Dead River, Kenduskeag and Sebasticook. One of particular interest is our tri-annual trips to New Brunswick, Canada to fish the Tobique river (hence the Thompson Special Fly)
Pheasant Tail Nymphs 16, 14, 12
Grey Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs 16, 14, 12
Muddlers
Hornsberg
Soft Hackle 14, 12
Brown Stonefly 14, 12
Maple Syrup
Tent Winged Caddis 16, 14, 12
Mickey Finn Streamers
Gray Ghost Streamers
BWO dry 16, 14, 12
Thompson Special 14, 12
As always tight lines, Jeff Haresear

NEW MEXICO FISHING
I fish a lot of tailwaters like the San Juan River in New Mexico. The main flies I fish are small nymphs. WD-40s Copper Johns, Brassies and small pheasant tails etc..I try to fish with a dropper, so I tie something like a San Juan Worm as the first fly and then the dropper will be something small like a 22 or 24 WD-40

I also like to fish a size 16 PMD (Pale Morning Dun) or similar (parachute often as it is easy to see) and hang a dropper on about 24" of tippet with small bead head pheasant tail. This was a killer combination in Idaho last year.

As far as a list, it is hard to do just ten but here is a try
WET = WD-40, Pheasant Tail, Cooper John, Chamois leech, Woolly Bugger, Gold Ribbed Hares Ear, Egg Pattern
DRY= PMD, Blue Dun, Various Caddis, Grasshoppers, Humpies, Ants

I typically fish with yellow and red Humpies in size 12-18 with the most common being 14 and 16. As an attractor pattern it is amazing how well it works even when there is no hatch on. I have a friend who lives near the San Juan River which is notorious for its small flies, He rarely fishes anything other than a 16 Humpy and catches fish all day long. I may catch 15 to 20 in a day fishing wet and matching the hatch, but he will regularly catch 10-12 and never change his fly

NORTHERN VIRGINIA FISHING
Here are my top ten flies I use most often in Northern Virginia streams and Shenandoah National Park
Dry Flies:
Elk Hair Caddis tan and Olive Hook Size 12 to 16
Royal Coachman Hook Size 12 to 16
Quill Gordon Hook Size 12 to 16
Parachute Adams Hook Size 12 to 16
Nymphs:
Pheasant Tail Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Prince's Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Streamers:
Olive Crystal Woolly Bugger Hook Size 8 to 10
BlackWoolly Bugger Hook Size 8 to 10
I hope this helps
Ken Bohling

VIRGINIA FLY FISHING
I generally fish for brown, rainbow and brook trout, as well as small mouth bass. My top ten are as follows
Adams Hook Size10-20
Light Cahill Hook Size 12 to 16
Dark Cahill Hook Size 12 to 16
Hair Wing Royal Coachman Hook Size 14 to 16
Elk Hair Caddis Hook Size 10 to 16
Dave's Hopper Hook Size 10 to 12
Black Fur Ant Hook Size 10 to 12
Black Midge Hook Size 20 to 28
Woolly Bugger Hook Size 2 to 10
Rick Ahern, Virginia

TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN FISHING
Hi I'm Mike from the mountains of Tennessee. Around here there are two types of Fly fishing for rainbow and brown Trout. One is fishing tail waters from dams and the other is mountain streams. The rule is the bigger the water the smaller the fly and the smaller the water the bigger the fly. In large tail waters we fish size 18-20 BWO, Sulfur comparaduns and elk hair caddis. In mountain streams we use size 10-14 orange stimulators and weighterd Goled Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs. The Mountain trout range from about 7-12 inches and the tail water trout range from 12 - 30 inches. We also fish for small mouth bass in the rivers with woolly buggers and clousers minnows. The are rare and are only found in higher elevations and in very clean water.
Mike Gunn

FISHING IN NEW YORK STATE
In small and large trout stream I use
Hook size 16 Adams Dry Fly
Hook size 16 and 18 Blue Winged Olives
Hook size 12 - 16 CDC Olive Caddis emerger
Hook size 14 -18 Olive Caddis dry
Hook size 14 -18 Black Caddis dry
Hook size 16 -18 Tan Goddards Caddis dry
Hook size 16 -20 Sulfur Dry (more towards orange)
Hook size 8 - 12 Silver Badger Matuka Streamer
Hook size 12 -18 Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs
Hook size 16 -20 Black Stonefly Nymph
Hook size 10 -14 Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Dry
Hook size 10 - 14 Pale Olive Dun Dry
Hook size 16 -20 Green Drake Dry
Rozanne Roberts, NY

OATKA CREEK NEW YORK
These are the files I use for matching the hatch on Oatka Creek
Blue wing olive hook size 14 -16
Quill Gordon Hook size 10 - 14
Light Hendrickson hook size 12 -16
March Brown hook size 10 - 12
Light Cahill hook size 12 - 14
Blue Winged Olive hook size 22 - 20
Trico hook size 22 - 26
Grey Fox hook size 8 - 10
Sulphur hook size 16 - 18
Gold Ribbed hares ear nymphs hook size 14-18
Pheasant Tail Nymphs hook size 14 -18
Tight Lines Bill, NY

MOUNTAIN FLY FISHING IN CALIFORNIA
The most productive dry fly I have found in the Sierras at high elevations is
the the popular Royal Coachman sizes 14,16,and 18 for little brookies.
Brook trout are generally not very particular at higher elevations where there
is little fishing pressure. A few weeks ago I caught five Browns in one day on
a #16 Coachman in the head waters of the South Fork of the American River above
Lake Tahoe. The river is heavily fished so I was shocked by the results.
The Wooly Bugger( olive and brown) sizes 6- 12 work great float tubing in high
mountain lakes especially in the Autumn. Zugbugs, beaded pheasant tail nymphs,
terrestrial imitations such as Joe's Hopper, Red and brown worm imitation flies are
killer on small streams in the Sierras as well as in ponds and lakes in the
Sacramento Valley for Sunfish.
James Mamola. CA,

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA & WESTERN MONTANA FISHING
I fish Northern California, Nevada & Western Montana at various times of the year. My 'goto' attractor fly is the Trude, usually size 10. It rides high and is easy for my old eyes to see. Other choices are Royal Wulff and Humpy. Parachute Adams and Elk Hair Caddis sizes 14 & 16 ( I put them as a dropper at about 14 inches to a larger fly I can see). When using a single dry fly I usually have a small dropper at about 14 inches to a larger fly I can see). My favourite nymphs are Princes, Gold Ribbed Hares Ears, Birds Nest, Copper Johns and Zug Bug. I use a bead head where appropriate but then will always have a small non bead head dropper.
Best Norm Miller, USA

BIG THOMPSON RIVER IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ear hook size 14 - 16
Golden Stonefly Nymph hook size 14 - 16
Copper John hook size 14 - 16
Pheasant tail Nymph hook size 14 - 16
Adams Parachute hook size 14 - 18
Woolly Worm hook size 8 - 14 (Black, Brown, Olive)
Soft hackle wet flies hook size 12 -14
Mickey Finn Streamer hook size 14 - 4
Gray Ghost Streamer hook size 14 - 4
Black Nosed Dace Streamer hook size 14 - 4
Elk Hair Caddis Hook Size 10

WISCONSIN TOP FLIES
Black Beaded Woolly Bugger hook size 8
Olive Beaded Woolly Bugger hook size 8
3 Hi Vis Parachute Adams hook size 18
Gray Beaded Scud hook size 16
Brassie size 18
Red Ass size 18 and 16
Pheasant Tail size 16
Royal Trude size 16
Griffiths Gnat size 20
Black Gnat size 20
Al Gumtow, Wisconsin

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NORTH EASTERN USA STREAMERS
As far as what Streamers are popular up here in the northeastern US, I can suggest the following:
*Black Nose Dace, *Mickey Finn, Bead Head Woolly Bugger: Olive/Brown or Black Mini Muddler: Natural or Black Muddler - Unweighted, Bead Head Lite Brite Zonker, White, Olive, or Black Muddler - Weighted, *Black Ghost *Mickey Finn, *Gray Ghost, Olive Matuka, Marabou Muddler, The one I've starred, are probably the most popular. top ten flies for our local water would be scuds (14-16), Pheasant tails
Robert R

TAMAQUA.PA. USA
Adrian, there are about 12 of us retired old farts that fish the last 3 patterns...fishing catch and release...without lying, I know we release over 5000 trout per year on them....probably a lot more....yes that is five thousand !!!!!!
Top 10 flies;
Royal Wulff......#10 dry
Adams.............#14 dry
Black Midge.....#20-22 dry
Olive midge.....#20-22 dry
Partridge and Yellow...#12 wet
Breadcrust.......#12 wet
Hare's Ear.......#12-3xl nymph
Pheasant Tail...# 16 plain or 3xl with gold bead head
Black and Olive Woolly Bugger...#8 4xl
Brown and Yellow Woolly Bugger..#8 4xl

Then 3 local patterns you won't find in any books...and I fish these 3 more than others....' The Brown ', ' The Green Louie', and ' The Green Hornet '...#12-14-16 wet. Sincerely, Thomas G Horan

NORTH GEORGIA FLIES
Craig I am pretty new to the Sport but here are the flies I have had the most success with here in North Georgia
1) Olive Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (10)
2) Royal Wulff (10)
3) Mosquitoe (16)
4) Royal Humpy (12)
5) Brown Elk Hair Caddis (12)
6) Adam's Parachute (18)
7) My father had a lot of luck with Streamers (Lures) but I didn't even get a nibble on them!
I went fishing this last Saturday and caught a good sized rainbow on one of your Olive GRHE. He absolutely slammed the fly and I had a hard time releasing him. It is nice to see a fly that fools the fish that well! When I finally did get him loose he held right at my feet for about five minutes before he swam off. What fun! Thanks for the great flies! Dan Ward in Georgia

NORTH CAROLINA - ONE FISHERMAN'S ASSESSMENT
Overall North Carolina's trout waters are comparatively small and shallow and not so nutrient rich as the chalk streams of Southern England or the classic limestone streams further north in the USA. As a result there are fewer insects and the hatch is less defined. That is not to say that there isn't hatching going on...its just that the size of the hatch is often insufficient to trigger the surface feeding frenzy that may be seen elsewhere. For that reason the Carolina fly fisherman nearly always gets his best results from wet flies and nymphs.

I keep several small fly boxes stocked and ready to slip into a pocket. The box that sees most use contains only nymphs...mostly beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ears and Prince's nymphs with a few Zugbugs and stonefly nymphs for good measure. In North Carolina's trout waters I find there to be the most consistent patterns. You can expect to catch fish with them on just about any occasion.

Next in use is a mixed box containing Woolly Buggers, some Matuka streamers and a selection of dry flies. Prominent among the dry flies are the female Adams and the Yallerhammer. A light or yellow colour seems to be a decided plus in dark waters of many mountain streams. I round this box out with Blue Winged Olives in various sizes along with some elk hair caddis, a few miniscule Tricos, plus several black ants.

Then there is the third box. Here you will find the overflow...sulphurs, March Browns, Hendricksons, PMD's, Royal Wulffs etc..predominately flies that would be contenders for a top ten lists in many areas plus a few one offs that I acquired over time. But the only time any of these come into play for me is the rare occasions when there is enough of a hatch to match, or when nothing else is working and I have the urge to try something different.

Top 10 flies for mountain streams
Female Adams
Blue Winged Olives
Elk Hair Caddis
Yellerhammer
Beaded Woollybugger
Beaded Princes Nymph
Black/brown Stonefly Nymph
Beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ears
Matuka
Muddler Minnows

Jim Daniel, North Carolina

UK FLY FISHING
I love making lists like this Craig. I have a stack of things to do but this has to be a priority. You will see nothing unusual in here and the list probably shows that my fishing is generally UK based but if I only had to have 10 flies they would be (probably in order of importance)
1. Greenwell's Glory
2. Klinkhammer Special (dry)
3. Tups Indispensible
4. Klinkhammer Special
5. Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph
6.Pheasant Tail Nymph
7. Alexandra (wet or Tube)
8. G& H Sedge (dry)
9. Daddy Longlegs
10. Sparkle Gnat

Nick Moore

WALES, THE MIDLANDS & SOUTH WEST ENGLAND FLY FISHING FLIES
Hi, Thanks for your e-mail here`s my top ten favorite trout flies ,nothing to write home about but they work for me.
1.black chenille, size 10 & 8 l/s good all rounder for rainbows on all waters.
2. Montana nymph, size 10 l/s tied with lime green fritz in the thorax. deadly variant responsible for many a limit bag and my biggest rainbow.
3.black pennell,size10,12,14 standard wet. Always on one of my droppers for browns on the welsh lakes.
4.p.t.n. size10,12,14,16,18 l/s.any time any place anywhere.
5.lime green dog nobbler. size 10 l/s,chain bead head. seemingly out of fashion these days but still deadly on the right day. Especially with a few strands of lureflash tied into the tail.
6.black muddler. size 10 l/s. fished deep on a fast sinker. knocks the spots off booby`s.
7.epoxy buzzers.size10,12 buzzer hooks. fished washing line or individually on long leaders never fails on larger waters.
8.zulu.size10,12 wet fly. Another favorite dropper fly for browns.
9.bloody butcher.size10,12.wet fly.The point fly for any team.
10. Montana epoxy buzzer.size10,12 buzzer hook. black buzzer with lime green thorax. Another deadly variant.

These flies I use on lakes and reservoirs throughout the midlands, Wales and the south west England, also rivers and streams in Wales and the south west. I hope the information can be of some use to you .yours Chris Talbot

ENGLISH MIDLAND FLY FISHING
Damsel Nymph
Gold Headed Hares Ear Nymph
Montana
Viva
Black Buzzer Nymph
Diawl Bach Nymph
Cats Whisker
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Gold Bead Head Daddy Long Legs
Zulu Nymph
Booby Nymph
I fish at a variety of still water venues. I use hook size 12 to 16 mainly on a floating line with 10-12 ft leader.
Arthur Taylor, Woodley, Berkshire

DERBYSHIRE RESERVOIR FISHING FLIES
Small Black Buzzers
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs
Beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs
Black Soft Hackle Wet Fly
Snipe & Purple Soft Hackle Wet Fly
Hopper
Daddy Long Legs
Damsel Nymph
Black Gnat Dry
Cats Whisker
Viva Crystal Woolly Bugger

SOUTHERN ENGLAND FLY FISHING
Hawthorn, Black Gnat and Grannom in late April & early May
Once the fish have tasted mayflies then Grey Wulff and various mayflies in different hook sizes.
Adams, Parachute Adams, Kites Imperial and Tupps Indispensible in hook size 12 to 16.
John

IRISH LOUGH FLY FISHING
Hi Craig my 10 fav flies are as follows for the Loughs or Ireland
Connemarea Black sizes 8-16
Golden Olive sizes 10-16
Mallard & Claret sizes 10-16
Duckfly sizes 12-18
Sooty Olive sizes 10-16
Hares Ear and Plover sizes 12 - 18
Greenwells Glory (wet) sizes 12 - 18
Bumbels sizes 10-16
Red Arrow sizes 12-18
Grey Duster sizes 16-28
I hope this is of some help
Best regards, Michael

NORTHERN IRISH FISHERY FISHING
The following flies are the top producers on Moorbrook Trout Fishery
F Fly size 14 - 16
CDC Shuttlecock size 16
CDC Spinner 14 - 16
Daddy Longlegs size 10 -12
Epoxy Buzzers size 12 -18
Suspender Buzzers size 14
Parasol buzzers size 12 - 14
Apps Bloodworm size 10
Cats Whiskers size 10
regards Stephanie Holmes
Moorbrook Trout Fishery, Glebe Road, Castlerock, Co Londonderry, BT51 4SW (0287084908)

IRELAND - COUNTY DOWN FLYFISHING
Islandderry Fishery, Lough Road, Dromore Co Down consists of 2 Lakes, main lake is natural 9 acre lake stocked with rainbow trout from 1 1/2lb to 17lb. Fishing from both bank and boat. Monthly competitions, troutmasters water, tuition and tagged fish. Second lake is a 1 acre lake stocked with rainbow trout up to 6lb. Ideal for beginners and disabled. On site tackle shop, lodge, free tea and coffe, carpark and toilet facilities. Open from 9am til dark. Phone 02892693939 or 07780547229 www.islandderryfisheryandtackle.co.uk
Top Ten Flies
1. Cats Whisker Size 10
2.Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph size 12
3. Bloodworm size 12
4. Buzzers size 14
5. Pheasant tail Nymphs size 12
6. F Fly (dry) size 14/16
7. Montana size 12
8. Caddis size 14/16
9. Black Midge size 16
10. Blobs size 10

FLY FISHING IN COUNTY DURHAM, N.E. ENGLAND
My favorite flies are
1,daddy longlegs
2,CDC buzzers
3,pheasent tail nymphs
4,Dawil bach
5,cats whisker
6,Dawsons Olive
7,Hoppers
8,shipmans buzzer
9,epoxy buzzers
10,Booby nymphs
Duncan Craig

SCOTTISH LOCH FLIES
Black Pennell
Daddy Long legs
Black Hopper
Claret Hopper
Bead Headed Damsel Nymph
Small Muddler Minnow
Black & Green Montana
Green Hooper
Olive Hopper
Pink Baby Doll
Thanks for your help
Paul

FISHING THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS & GREAT SMOKEY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Adrian: Thanks for the note. I found everything I was looking for on your page. It is very nicely put together. I fish the large and small rivers and streams in western North Carolina mountains along the Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina state lines. I also spend a fair amount of time in streams along the southern boundries of the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. This time of year water levels are high and trout are responding to larger dry fly patterns (12-16), which is why I prefer the Adams and the parachute patterns. In late May and on into July I'll turn to midge patterns in sizes 18-20 and streamers. Probably should go on down to size 22 on the midges but my eye sight isn't what it use to be. Thanks for taking care of my order. I'm looking forward to putting your flies into some of our wonderful mountain water. I'll let you know how they perform. By the way, we use a female Adams (parachute) throughout all seasons with some success.
Fred Van Horn

GREAT LAKES SPRING STEELHEAD FLIES
I have not really got a top ten but here are some pointers. Most situations are best dealt with by dead drifted nymphs and egg patterns, but streamers are also effective. Bright red or chartreuse traditional hairwings work well on Hook Size 6 to 8. Avoid bulky winged patterns which are hard to get down to the bottom and stay there. I love using the good old Woolly Bugger in black, Olive, or brown on a size 10 - 6 hook. All the salmon egg patterns work great tied on short shank wide gape hooks in fluorescent red, orange, yellow and chartreuse.
Andy Wood.

KENTUCKY FLYFISHING
I fish primarily for trout and small mouthed bass in streams in the Cumberland River tailwater below Wolf Creek Dam. My favorite flies are
Princes (beaded and not) hook size 16-20
Pheasant Tails (beaded and not) flashbacks hook size 16-20
Hares Ear (beaded and not) natural and olive hook size 16-20
Woolly Buggers (beaded and not) hook size 4-10
Scuds and sowbugs hook size 16-18
Wet flies such as Partridge and Green hook size 14-20
Olive and Black Chicago flies (beaded) hook size 6-10
Wulffs and parachutes
William Federhofer, KY

Barbine Special,Barbine river, Barbine, Special, salmon,lax,cutthroat, cut throat, cuthroat trout, migratory trout, cannibal trout,steelhead trout

MONCKS CORNER, SC, USA
I fish for bream, bluegills, shellcrackers and many other members of the sun fish family. Think of them like a warmwater brook or rainbow trout which I also fish for. I also bass fish and I do some inshore salt water fishing. My top 10 flies/patterns in no particular order are:
1. Muddler minnow size 10 or 8
2. Adams size 12
3. Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs size 12
4. Pheasant Tail Nymphs size 12
5. Royal Wulff size 12
6. Woolly Bugger various sizes but not bigger than size 6
7. Woolly Worms size 10
8. Joes Hopper or other cricket/hopper imitation
9. Black Ant size 10
10. Assorted popper bugs

As far as Bass fly fishing goes i have my best luck with poppers, muddler minnows and woolly buggers.

Peter Kear, Moncks Corner, SC, USA

FLIES FOR TENNESSEE & CAROLINA
We fly fish the mountain streams and tailwaters of east Tennessee and Western North Carolina. There are more streams here than you could ever imagine. Big bows, browns, southern Appalachian brookies and small mouth bass. Here is my list
1. Prince's Nymph
2. Gold Ribbed Hares Nymph
3. Red Butt
4. Tennessee Wolf (Royal Wulff variant)
5. Black & Tan Woolly Bugger
6. Blue Winged Olive
7. Christmas Tree beadhead
8. Elk Hair Caddis
9. Pheasant Tail Nymphs
10. Adams Parachute

MARYLAND, TENNESSEE & CAROLINA FLIES
Beaded Black Woolly Bugger hook size 10
Beaded Pheasant Tail hook size 12 - 16
Brassies/Copper John hook size 18 - 22
Natural Gold Ribbed Hares Ears hook size 12 - 16
Blue Winged Olive hook size 10 -18
Green Drake hendrick hook size 10 - 14
Natural Elk Hair caddis hook size 10 - 14
Blue Dun Dry hook size 12 - 18
Quill Gordon Dry hook size 12 - 18

FLIES FOR COLUMBIA MISSOURI
Brassies in many different colors, midge nymphs in many sizes and shapes, globalls in assorted colors, chenille minijigs multiple colors, thread minijigs multiple colors, cracklebacks multiple colors, stimulators, wulffs, light cahill, woolies multiple size and shapes. With regards to this order, your epoxy midge nymphs are killers on our tailwaters and spring creeks all winter long. The black stimulators work for our winter stonefly hatch. The viva woolies work very well for bass, crapies, bluegills and other warm water species. Lynn, Columbia

FLY FISHING INDIANA - MICHIGAN STATE LINES
My home waters are on a small sand and gravel bottomed stream located near the Indiana-Michigan state lines at approximately 41.7 degrees north and 85.2 degrees west. It is called the Pigeon River. Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass and Brown Trout are my pursuits of passion on this stream. My fishing partner and I also fish the many fine trout streams in Michigan.

The Adams, Elk Hair Cadis, Light Hendrickson, Blue Winged Olives and Brown and White Bi-visible are my dry flies of choice. Olive Wooly Buggers, Black Leeches. The Prince Nymph, Gold-ribbed Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail or any of the Peacock nymphs work well on the Pigeon River. In late August and early September, I use a 7 foot long, 3 weight full flex rod rigged a 9 foot, 4x tapered leader with a large green bodied hopper and a tung-head Pheasant Tail nymph dropper. This combination is especially effective, prompting explosive strikes from under the cut banks and out of the deep pockets.

Late September starts the Salmon and Steelhead runs. Egg patterns, Egg Sucking Leeches and Black Wooly Buggers are my favorites. The 7 and 8 weight rods are the rods of choice except for the most experienced anglers. I usually use a 5 or 6 weight mid-flex rod.

Lynn B

MIDWESTERN USA FISHING
My top ten flies are:
1. 1/100th ounce Chenille minijig with or without a marabou tail in a variety of colors like white, black, yellow, green, chartreuse and brown. they catch everything on a fly rod including trout, bluegill, crappie and bass.
2. Black weighted nymph, hook size 12 and 14. My most consistent trout nymph.
3. Parachute Adam's size 16 through to 22, good mayfly and gray midge imitation.
4. Renegade size 16 through to 20, a good general attractor for Midwestern trout.
5. Crackleback blue and gold, size 12 - 16, another good general attractor for Midwestern trout.
6. Tungsten beadhead zebra midge nymph red and black, size 18 - 22, good tailwater nymph for trout
7. Black Elk Hair Caddis, size 14 - 18, the only consistent caddis Species for Missouri
8. Royal Wulff size 10 to 12, excellent attractor for cutthroat when I get to Idaho
9. Chernobyl Hopper size 10 works in Midwest and Montana
10. Red and Black Spider size 14 tailwater midge emerger fly
Lynn L Kleopfer, Columbia, Missouri

FLY FISHING COLORADO
In Colorado I mostly fish the South Platte, at Deckers, Cheeseman Canyon and 11 Mile Res. Also the Arkansas, the Frying Pan and Colorado River. I have most successful with Flashback Pheasant Tails 18-20, RS2's 18-22, San Juan Worms, Bar Emergers 18-22 and Miracle Nymphs 20-22. The Dries I like are Blue Winged Olives, and mostly Adams and Caddis in 16-18.

Jeff C, Denver

MIDWEST FLY FISHING
Here is my top 10 of this year, pretty much based on production of "hits" in no particular order
1.Black nosed dace streamer size 6 - Steelhead were hitting this like mad in the beginning of October. Nothing else worked.
2.No name pattern size 2-10 - White marabou streamer with red marabou throat and silver tinsel body. Good for all great lakes salmon and it also picked up many Largemouth Bass
3.Foam bodied hoppers with indicators and rubber legs size 6 - ideal for trout in Montana and Yellowstone
4.Parachute hopper with red body - ideal for trout in Montana and Yellowstone
5.Egg sucking leach size 6 & 8 - I used a purple bodied, red headed ESL to nab fish
6.No name wet fly size 12 - Simple olive chenille body, black hackle and wings made of the same material as a Light Cahill. Nailed many juvenile bass this year. Probably would work well on panfish.
7. Popsicle a marabou streamer size 6 (only size I could get) - again for steelhead and salmon.
8. Glo bugs size 2-6 for salmon/size 12 and 10 for steelhead (although both will take either) - all colors although Chartreuse has gotten the most hits this year.
9.King Fisher Fly Shops Sculpin imitation - Tied with two triangle pieces of rabbit skin/fur glued back toi back so that you get a white under belly. Some sort of duck breast feathers are used as pectoral fins, with a bit of red for gills and large black bead eyes. Hook is inverted. This fly looks awesome underwater.
10. Black large sculpin size 2-0 - A variation of the Muddler Minnow huge and black with a spun deer hair head. Got a lot of looks and one hit from a huge male Chinook which took my fly and all my leader.

Matt Pedersen, Chicago

VANCOUVER FLY FISHING
1.P2R, a pattern developed by myself and others a few years ago. It is an attractor but I often use it as a caddis emerger/backswimmer/terrestrial. It has squirrel/antron dubbing, copper rib, white goose biot wings, dark antron dubbed thorax, Hungarian partridge soft hackle size 8 - 16 TMC 2457 beaded and unbeaded, olive, rusty brown, black in that order for rainbows, browns, costal cutthroats and east slopr cutthroats. this is my primary goto fly when nothing is on the surface.
2. Comparadun/sparkle dun sizes 14 - 18 variety of colors for trout in general. Tied on 100, 101 or equiv alent. Definite go to fly for me.
3. Klinkhammer trout emerger, used to imitate mayfly, caddis and on occasion midge emergers on both lake and streams, variety of colors, mostly woven patterns but dubbed bodies (touch dubbing for midges) size 12 - 18. Tied on TMC 2487, 2488 or equivalent. Hi vis pattern as well as other versions of the post using white antron, pearl, krystal flash.
4. Spinner pattern (krystal flash wings, super fine dub, split tails) olive, rusty brown, yellow sizes 14 - 20 TMC 101 hook for trout on all streams.
5. Rolled Muddler sizes 6 -10 natural with silver, gold, chartreuse, brown, black fished in both river and costal for cuttroats, coho salmon, rainbows, hok TMC 9495 for salt and TMC 2302 for fresh. Tied very sparse.
6. Bunny Leach- Heavy weighted 2-6 4x hook stillwater pattern for big rainbows down deep. Fished with type 5+ sinking lines and stripped very very fast. Big trout catcher 22-30 inch rainbows. Colours primarily black and olive but I also tye them in bright colours (chartreuse, yellow) mottled natural colours, maroon etc... lightly weighted when fishing for big pike sizes 3/0 - 4 and fished just under the surface.
7. Princes Nymph size 12 TMC 200R (like the look of it) and TMC2302 tied with different colours of dyed peacock herl however natural is still standard. Use it as a searching pattern on lakes and rivers
8. Woolly Bugger 3X hook size 10 tyed very sparse, dubbed body of seal olive brown and black, hackle is stripped on one side and tied with maybe 4 - 5 wraps at most sparse sparse krystal flash for accent in tail and as rib. ideal for stillwater rainbows.
9, 10, 11 and on and on are Chronomids - TMC 2457, 2487 (size 18's and smaller) 2302 size 8 - 20, tied in an endless arra of colours using rayon floss, stretch flex, lagartum minibraid, coloured thread, larva lace, larva glass tubing filled with mineral water etc... I have over 2000 Chronomid flies (maybe 25 patterns each in lots of colours and sizes) in my boat box - larva, emerging, pupa, snowcone, buzzer versions, about 2/3 have beads.
Rick Sullivan, Vancouver Canada

FLIES FOR ALBERTA'S CROWSNEST RIVER REGION
Important hatches on the Crowsnest River include Blue Winged Olives during April, May and June and also August to October. Golden Stonflies in June and July. Pale Morning Duns and Green Drakes during July and August. Various Caddis species from June to October with big caddis from late august to October. Hoppers, ants and beetles are important during August.
1. Royal Humpy Hook Size 16
2. BWO Hook Size 14-18
3. Pale Morning Dun Hook Size 14-18
4. Green Humpies Hook Size 10 - 14
5. Quill Gordons Hook Size 16
6. Light Cahill Hook Size 16
7. Yellow Stimulator Hook Size 8
8. Hoppers
9. Damsel Flies
10. Foam Ants
Tight Lines Duncan Bain

FLY FISHING ON THE OLDMAN RIVER, ALBERTA, CANADA
In June the stonefly hatch is coming off the water followed by the mayflies in July and August. September brings caddis up until October. Grasshoppers, beetles and ants work well in the Summer and early Autumn. I like using Bitch Creeks, Golden Stone, Kaufmanns's Black Stone and Montanas in the early part of the season as stonefly imitations. Mountain whitefish and trout are attracted to these offerings. In the summer I use large attractors when there are no hatches in progress, my favorites are Yellow humpy, Red humpy, Orange stimulator, and Royal Trude. Dave's hoppers are best in late July and August during the Grasshopper hatch. I use beaded princes and Gold Ribbed Hares Ear nymphs on a 2-3 foot dropper tied underneath the stimulator dry fly or the Hopper to increase the the odds on a bite. This is not only effective rainbows and Whitefish but I have caught a number of Cutthroat as well.

Most of the mayfly hatches occur in the evening, late in the day when the wind has calmed down. make sure you have the following flies in your fly box to cater for these hatches:Blue winged olive, Mosquito, Royal Wulff, Sofa Pillow, Elk Hair Caddis and Goddards Caddis.

During the day I like to swim streamers downstream. The patterns that work well up here are sculpins, marabou muddlers, muddler minnows and zonkers. I find adding a bit of weight to the nose works really well to get them down the to the river bottom. A small split shot is all you need.
Billy Paul, Alberta, Canada

SPORT FISHING SUNSHINE COAST. BC CANADA
Adrian,
Here are a list of some of my favorites.
Purple Egg Sucking Leech 2-10 Streamer
Woolly Buggers 2-10 Streamer
Mcleod Stickleback 2-6 Streamer
Muddler Minnow 2-10 Streamer
Cased Caddis 6-10 Wet Nymph
Halfback 8-14 Wet Nymph
Deer Hair Dragon 4-8 Wet Nymph
Tom Thumb 6-10 Dry
Royal Coachman 6-12 Dry
Elk Hair Humpy 6-14 Dry

Scott Elliott
Trout Tales Fishing Adventures

NORTHERN ONTARIO STILLWATER LAKE PATTERNS
Because so many of the things that trout eat up here are green, large and leggy these are the most useful patterns
Olive Woolly Bugger #2-6
Olive Marabou Muddler #2-6
Matuka #2-6
Zonker #2-6
Partridge and Green Soft hackle #10-12
partridge and Tan #10-12
Hammill's Killer #2-6
edson tiger #2-6

For Dry Fly fishing bring the following
Adams
Adams Irresistible
Humpies
Wulffs
BWO's
Elk Hairwing Caddis
Hoppers
I hope this helps
William Montgomery. Ontario, Canada

NEW BRUNSWICK FLY FISHING
The best flies for Atlantic Salmon would be
Green Butt Black Bear Hook Size 8
Undertaker Hook Size 8
Shady Lady Hook Size 8
Green Machine Hook Size 8
Ally's Shrimp Hook Size 8
Yellow Wing Butterfly Hook Size 8
Copper Killer Hook Size 8
Glitter Bug Green Butt Hook Size 8
Brown Bomber
Green/brown/White tail bomber
Byron from Gray Rapids, NB

MATAPEDIA RIVER SALMON FISHING, QUEBEC
The flies I use are Green Machine,
Green Highlander
Blue Charm
Black Bear green butt
The undertaker
Rusty Rat
Silver Rat
Dry Fly Bomber - white, green and brown
Regards Mike Fisher from Quebec

GRAND RIVER FLIES SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CANADA (1hr drive west of Toronto)
It is a no kill river. These work
Blue Winged Olive Dry hook sizes 16 - 18
Light Cahill hook sizes 10 - 14
Red Spinner hook sizes 12 - 20
Elk Hair Caddis Tan hook sizes 10 - 18
Elk Hair Caddis Grey hook sizes 12 -16
Griffiths Gnat hook sizes 16-20
Comparaduns hook sizes 12 -18
Pheasant tail nymphs hook sizes 14 - 18
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs hook sizes 10 -16
Princes Nymph hook sizes 14 - 18
Black Stone Fly Nymph hook sizes 6 -10
Yellow Stone Fly Nymph hook sizes 8 - 14
Green Caddis Pupa hook sizes 12 - 16
Orange Caddis Pupa hook sizes 14 - 18
Tom Matier, Canada

LAKE ONTARIO TRIBUTARY FISHING, CANADA
We fish for steelheads that run up from Lake Ontario into various tributaries. These are spectacular fish that average 7-12 lbs. These steelhead runs are now larger than those on the Pacific coast. The medium brown woolly buggers are one of the top flies to take these fish on. Because of the small size of the river weswing them on short 5ft polyleaders. The takes are usually arm jolting. Various classic nymphs like Gold Ribbed Hares Ear and Pheasant tail nymphs are your standard flies. One of the most effective is the Welsh Diawl Bach (little Devil) Nymph. One of my fishing mates is Welsh. He discovered one year when the fishing got to be a little tough that a small standard Diawl Bach was just the fly needed to get them back on the bite. fished in the slower deeper pools on a light tippet can induce savage strikes. I guess that is why it is called the little devil.
Tight Lines, Joe Forte, Ottawa, Canada

NOVA SCOTIA FISHING, CANADA
My top ten? Hmmmm.. Royal Wulff, Mickey Finn, Muddler Minnow, Adams, Queen of the Waters, BWO, Mosquito, General Practioner, Green Highlander, Cosseboom, Ross Special, Princes Nymph, Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph, Zug bug, Deceivers, Clousers and any shrimp pattern. We have all three flavors of trout. I concentrate mainly on the speckled and rainbows. A strong secondary interest is Atlantic Salmon. We have a number of first clas salmon rivers here on the island and the are excellent as for the last three years the commercial fishing restrictions in Iceland really did us wonders.
Best Wishes Keith MacDonald, Cap Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada

FALL RIVER, NOVA SCOTIA FISHING, CANADA
Salmon: Jock Scott, Mickey Finn, Cosseboom, Mcintyre, Baron, Fra Diabolo, Dew drop,
Trout: Royal Wulff, Royal Coachman,
Bass: Green Bomber, Pink Bomber, Clouser's Minnow

WINDSOR, ONTARIO, CANADA
Muddler Minnow hook size 12
Black Stonefly Nymph hook size 12
Black Woolly Bugger hook size 10
Purple Woolly Bugger hook size 10
Black Egg Sucking Leech Woolly Bugger hook size 10
Black and Yellow Montana hook size 12
Natural Pheasant Tail Nymph hook size 12
Red San Juan Worm hook size 12 - 14
Natural Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph hook size 12
Black Gnat Dry hook size 14 - 16
These flies are deadly here all year long for both salmon and trout. We pretty much use them from beginning of spring to late fall.
Grace

PENNSYLVANIA PICK OF FLIES
I live in North eastern Pennsylvania and I am fortunate that there are a number of nice trout streams in teh area as well as a number of lakes. Fishing is alive and well in Pennsylvania. There are a number of tyers in this area as well as a Trout Unlimited Chapter which is active in teaching tying and casting. As for patterns most of the classics are used in the area. The following are the most productive for me:
Light Cahill (12-16)
March Brown (14)
Royal Coachman (12 -16)
Black Gnat (14 - 20)
Blue Winged Olive (14 - 20)
Elk Hair winged Caddis (10 - 18)
Beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (12 - 16)
Black Woolly Bugger (8-12)
Krystal Woolly Buggers (8 - 12)
Bob Stiff. PA, USA

FLY FISHING MINNESOTA'S BLUFF COUNTRY
Craig I sent you-in the tug hill section Adirondack Mountainss-section of New-York state where i live for native brook trout and wild browns and wild rainbows-i love fly-fishing for them-now that I am re-tired-use to guide for fly fishing wild upstate streams and have taught fly-fishing-still do teach a limited amount.
s1-hares ear-#14-#16-#18
2-ph.tail-----#14#16-#18
3-stone fly-#10#12#14-bd.hd.
4-wooly bug.-#8-#10-bd.hd.
5-hares ear-wet-#16-#18
6-royal wulff-dry-#14-#16-#18
7-bl.wing olive-dry-#18-#20-#22
8-cahill-lt.-dk.-#16-#18-#20
9-hoppers-daves-para-#-8-#10
10-elk-hair-cad.-#14-#16-#18
Robert D

FLY FISHING MINNESOTA'S BLUFF COUNTRY
The top ten flies for our local water would be scuds (14-16), Pheasant tails
(12-20), hare's ear (12-16), BWO (16-20), prince nymphs (10-14), elk hair
caddis (12-18), woolly buggers (6-10), light hendrickson - sulphurs (14-16),
black wet flies - a black drowned terrestrial pattern (12-14).
Thanks,
Dave (On the Fly Guide Service)

A MINNESOTA FISHING GUIDES CHOICE OF FLIES
For trout I mainly fish stocked rainbows and browns in some local streams here in Northern Minnesota, as well as a few lakes that hold them. Once in awhile I'll head to the Great Lakes area and fish Kamloops and Browns. My real passion is chasing blue gills with a flyrod. There's nothing like catching a 9 inch 'gill on a light rod and a popper. Bass, pike and crappie are also included in my targeted species, but bluegill is my mainstay. For them I fish the local lakes here in Beltrami County, MN. As far as my top ten flies, here they are
1. Clousers Minnow hook size 8
2. Popper Flies hook size 2 for bass hook size 10 for Bluegils
3. Mosquito Wet Flies hook size 12 - 14
4. Woolly Worm hook size 10
5. Golden Stonefly Nymph hook size 10
6. Hopper Dry Flies hook size 12
7. Assorted Caddis Flies hook size 10 -12
8. Viva Woolly Bugger hook size 10
9. Mayfly Spinner hook size 10 or 12
10. Beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ear hook size 10 or 12
Take care
Matthew J Breuer
Northcountry Guide Service (218) 444 6479
www.northcountryguides.com

OREGON FLIES
Hello Adrian, Here is a my list of flies ;
d.Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph--size 12-16
d.Beadhead H. E. Nymph-----------size 12-16
Rubber Leg H. E. Nymph----------size 12-16
Zug Bug----------------------------size 12-14
Prince Nymph-----------------------size 12-14
Pheasant Tail Nymph----------------size 14-16
Kaufmann's Stone Nymph-----------size 6-8
Wooleybuggers (beadhead also)------size 6-12
Leech patterns ( no pattern)-----------size 6-10
Doug S

TAILWATER FISHING IN IDAHO & OREGON
I fish tailwaters in Idaho and Oregon for browns and Rainbows. I use Nymphs and streamers almost exclusively. I grew up fishing single eggs as a kid in local streams and creeks so nymphing is a natural progression. I also like the hard hits on streamers and seem to get bigger fish with them. Top ten flies
Red Copper John
Princes Nymph
Pheasant tail Nymphs
Beaded Pheasant tail Nymphs
Wooly Worms
Woolly Buggers
All Matukas
Humpies
Orange stimulators
and a Doc Strately
Jim Johnson, Meridian Idaho

WESTERN USA FLIES
It was tough to limit my selection to ten. I use these flies with success on rivers in North Georgia, Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina like the Hiawassee, Chattooga, Tellico and Davidson. They all seem to work very well
1. Light Cahill - Easily my most favorite and productive fly. I usually use in size 14 - 16
2. Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph - My favorite nymph size 18. I like to fish convergences, pools and small rapids with this fly.
3. Muddler Minnows size 14 - a Solid producer when fishing below the surface
4. Tellico - size 14 or 16 - Named after a river in Eastern Tennessee/Western North Carolina and I can see why. It really works on that river.
5. Adam's Irresistible size 18 - just like the look of this fly. It produces as well.
6. Brown Cricket size 12 - I like to use these when I am fishing in heavily covered areas. I caught a 20" wild Rainbow on the Chattooga River last Sunday with a cricket.
7. Black ant size 16 - Simply kills them in the summer
8. Mickey Finn size 8. I basically use it like a spinning lure. It works when I do not want to use rooster tails
9. Royal Wulff size 12 - I always seem to catch fish
10. Cinnamon Sedge Dry size 16 - a beautiful fly
Frank Booth, Gainesville GA

FLY FISHING IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, GEORGIA, USA (Tocoa River, Noontootla, Tammen Park Creek, Curtis Switch Bridge Creek, Fightingtown Creek). Here are an assortment of flies that work on the different waters in North Georgia:.Royal Coachman, Adams parachute, Elk Hair Caddis, Light Hendrickson, Cinnamon Ant, Foam Beetle for dry flies.

Streamers- Muddler Minnow, Clousers Minnow, Olive Woolly Booger (this one landed a beautiful 24" rainbow on the Fighingtown Creek this past weekend)

Nymphs- Prince Nymph (this one landed a nice 7" brook at the Curtis Switch Bridge Creek this past weekend), Kaufman's Stone Fly, Bitch Creek Bug

Tight Lines!
Fly Guy Pat Lozito

NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS
I am located 1 hour north of Atlanta. I mostly fly fish for trout in the North Georgia mountains and fish the tailwater fishery of the Chattahoochee River. We've got a large number of streams that are stocked regularly through the trout season but also have a large number of year round streams that are year round, catch and release and have some trophy size fish in them. For our area I mostly use these flies in size 12 in early season and size 20 later. October is prime time for Hopper and Beetle patterns
Bead Headed Princes Nymph
Y2K Bug
BWO
Adams Parachute
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph
March Brown
Elk Hair Caddis (tan & Black)
Black and Cinnamon Ants
Griffiths Gnat
Hopper
Beetle

SOUTH EASTERN SCOTTISH FISHING
My favorite (sorry most productive) flies are:
1. Red or Green Cheek Holo Diawl Back size 10 - 12
2. Flexifloss Bloodworm in size 12
3. Orange Fritz (Krystal) short Shank Lure with plastic bead head size 10 fished on an intermediate line.
4. Black Epoxy Buzzer ion size 12
5. A strange looking marabou damsel with sticky out eyes in size 8
Usually fished in moderately deep Lothian Lochs and Tarns with water from to clear to fairly clear.
Jim Freer

FLY FISHING ON THE SOUTH COAST AREA OF NORWAY
You asked for the top ten of my flies. Its difficult to say, because it changes from year to year and from river to river. But her are the flies who were most common used last season in my favorite river called Otra, (south coast of Norway)

Salmon daytime:
    General Practioner (double hook 4-8, and 1/2" or 1" tube. depends of waterflow)
    Thunder & Lightning (double hook 4-8, and 1/2" or 1" tube. depends of waterflow)
    Gary (double hook 4-8, and 1/2" or 1" tube. depends of waterflow)
    Green Highlander (double hook 4-8, and 1/2" or 1" tube. depends of waterflow)
    Muddler Minnow (silver or gold body, with long flash marabou) (single hook size 2 and double hook size 4-10. dip. on waterflow.)
    March Brown (single hook 2 and double hook 4-12)

Salmon and sea trout at night:
    Black Muddler (silver or all black body) (single hook 2, and double hook 4-6)
    Several different dark and longhaired tubeflies, like Pearl Shadow, Silver and Black, Sunray Shadow. In tube, size 1/2" -11/2" There are also other custom made flies, but it seems like the ones colored orange/red or green or brown depending on the watercolor are best at daytime. And gray/black/silver are best at night.

Your Sincerly
Bjarte Austvik
Norway

NORWAY TROUT FISHING
In Norway we use:
March Brown - ordinary, silver and gold.
Butcher
Zulu Silver
Alder
Heckham Peckham - green - yellow - red
Mallard and Claret

I have been an instructor for the fly tying for about 20 years.
Magnar Bjorgen, Norway

FLY FISHING IN WEST NORWAY
My favorite BROWN TROUT flies, it is a few more, but I don't know the English words for them.
Caddis sedge flies Hook 10-16 (especially tan elk hair caddis)
Midges hook 12-18
Parachute dry flies (olive is my favorite) hook 12-18
Klinkhammer nymph Hook 12-18
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph Hook 12-16
Pheasent Tail nymph hook 12-16
Ant Dry Fly hook 14-16

SEA TROUT FLIES FOR NORWAY
Different flies with silver and black in is my absolute favorite for sea trout
Salmon and steelhead double hooked flies
Silver doctor
Stoats tail double hook hook size 8-10
Tube Flies hooks from 6-10

Eirik Eide
West Norway

ICELANDIC SALMON
Red Francis
Black Sheep
Black Francis
Ugly
Snaelda
Sunray Shadow
Stoats Tail
Yellow Shrimp
Blue Charm
Riffle Hitch Tube (Langa Fancy) or Bomber
Adrian Latimer, Montrouge, France

SALMON FLIES FOR ICELAND
Snaelda Fly
Red and Black Francis
Blue Charm
Black Sheep
Munroe Killer
Collie Dog
Hitch tubes
Micro tubes
I hope this helps Harpa Poroardottir, Iceland

FLY FISHING MIDDLE FINLAND
Winter fishing is very limited because of the very cold weather but when we do go we use streamers like Muddler Minnows and Zonkers. In Spring I use stonefly Larva and adult imitations as well as Muddler Minnows and Zonkers. In Summer I use Sedge imitations, pupa and larva, Nalle Puh (for dry) and small fry streamers. In the Fall I use Hydropsyche Larva, red tag or equivalent, leeches, Muddler Minnows and Zonkers.

Juna Pakkanen, Finland

SOUTHERN FINLAND FLY FISHING
The flies I use depends a lot when and what I'm fishing for . I live in Southern Finland and I have a big variety of different type of water here. I mostly fish in the sea (the Finnish Gulf I believe you call it) where the target is sea trout. There I use streamers that imitate Baltic herring hook size 2-4. Sometimes I go for shrimp imitations of so called fantasy flies. Jock Scott types of tube flies. Then we have some large lakes which are quite shallow, there we fish for grayling and salmon. Small dry flies of all sorts, ants and other terrestrials in sizes 8-12. We have a couple of good salmon rivers here in southern Finland, for example the Kymi river where salmon and seatrout still spawn from the sea. There I fish with reddish or dark tube flies and large double or trebles.
Osar Nyholm

LAPPLAND FISHING
I fish in Finland's Lappland Nuorttiriver. I use hook size 10 flies such as Butcher, Brown Palmer, March Brown, Zulu Brown Spiders, Royal Coachman.
Jarmo Saariniva, Helsinki, Finland

SWEDEN FLY FISHING IN URMEA
Cinnamon Sedge hook size 14 for trout
Yellow French Partridge Mayfly Spinner hook size 14 for greyling
Lefty's Deceivers Green & Yellow hook size 4 for pike
Lefty's Deceivers Barred white & Blue hook size 4 for perch
Muddler Minnow hook size 6 for greyling
Gold headed nymphs for greyling

RUSSIAN SALMON
Green Highlander (Double and Tubes)
Willie Gunn (Double and Tubes)
Snaelda (Tube)
Black Francis (Tube)
Sunray Shadow (Plastic Tube)
Green Bomber
Shrimp Fly
Templedog
Red Francis
Black and Yellow Tosh
Adrian Latimer, Montrouge, France

FLY FISHING IN LAC DU CERF, QUEBEC, CANADA
I fish in Lac du Cerf, and the waterways of the Laurentian Mountains which is 150Km north east of Montreal. The most popular and productive flies include the Mickey Finn, Grey Ghost, Black Nosed Dace, Magog Smelt, Electric Smelt. On the smaller lakes basic attractor patterns like Adams, PMD's Grizzly Wulffs, Olive Parachutes and most terrestrial patterns like hoppers and ants work great.
Charles Pike, Ottawa

NOVA SCOTIA LAKES AND RIVERS
I find that a fly box full of Elk Hair Caddis in hook size 14 to 16 Tan, Black or Olive will cover most situations as they hatch throughout the season. The Mayflies hatch between May and July. Shrimp patterns like the General Practitioner, Ally's Shrimps, Lester the Lobster and Bras d'or Creeper work well. Smelt patterns like the Smelt Muddler or Black Nosed Dace on Hook Size 1 to 10 are a good choice.
Scott Campbell

NEWFOUNDLAND FISHING
Adrian I fish quite a lot in the summer time mostly for salmon and sea trout. I fish a good number of rivers in Newfoundland including the humber river, the Pinware river and the exploits river.

The top ten flies, that's tough to pick since i fish many years all having there own unique characteristics, like red abbey, rutledge, indian cossaboom, green machine, green highlander, silver rat, copper killer, etc. I use a lot of dry flies that are the most fun . bombers and bugs are very popular in Newfoundland most fisherman use them here.
John Fennessey

FLY FISHING IN WYOMING
My Top 10 not in order of best
1. Leech/bugger 6-10- olive/black/orange
2.BH Pheasant Tail 12-18
3.BH Hairs Ear 12-18
4. Olive scud 14-18
5. Humpy's 12-16
6. Hoppers 8-14
7. My own streamer red/green/gold tinsel 6-10
8. glow egg 12-18
9. BH prince 10-18
10. PMD - 12-18
I fish lakes, rivers, creeks, and ponds in WY for trout and white fish. My
best was a 21" 5.5lb brook trout on a scud, a 28" 8lb rainbow on a prince,
and a 24" 4.5 lb cut on a humpy.

Wyane Olsen

Barbine Special,Barbine river, Barbine, Special, salmon,lax,cutthroat, cut throat, cuthroat trout, migratory trout, cannibal trout,steelhead trout

FLY FISHING IN NEW YORK STATE
I fish the Black River and West Canada Creek where I use the following flies.
Quill Gorden 12-14 in May
Blue Quill 18 in May
Hendrickson 12-14 in May
March Brown 10-12 in June
Green Drake 8-10 in June
Light Cahill 12-14 in June-July
Sulphur 16-20 in July August
Isonychia 10-12 in July - Sept
Golden Drake 10-12 in September
White Fly 14 in September
Blue Winged Olive 18-20 in Aug - Sept

John Torridge NY,USA

SALMON RIVER UPSTATE NEW YORK
For years I had delightful days on the Salmon River, the one that empties into the St Lawrence, and could not resist sharing golden oldies.
Morning;-
Brown Quill clipped hackles spinner 12 - 20 (had one morning of dozens of browns in 2 hours)
Daytime:-
Adams 12-18
Irresistible 14-18
Blue Dun coloures mink wing caddis 12-18
Royal Wulff 12-18
Black Gnat Parachute 18-22
Evening:-
Spider soft hackle (varied colors including white) 12-14 tied with very long stiff hackles tied one wound from the from the eye to the middle and the other tied from the bend to the middle. Dancing this under overhanging branches was always exciting.
Brown Bivisible 12 -16 (yes it still works)
Fanwing Royal Coachman 12 - 14 (well worth the occasional tangled leader)
Caddis varied 12-18
Footnote: Many of the best catches were by those who fished wets only, but I really enjoy the rise and so cannot speak of the best wets

FLIES FOR NORTH EASTERN USA
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear #12-16 Connectquot River, Long Island NY
Blue Winged Olive (dry) spring #18-20 fall #22-24 Willowemoc Catskills
Deerhair Caddis #12-14 Croton River systm
White Fly #14 Yellow Breeches in PA
White Wulff #12 Beaverkill, Catskills
Dette Caddis #16Beaverkill, Catskills
Coachman #14-18Beaverkill, Catskills
Royal Coachman (wet) #12 Beaverkill, Catskills
Governor #10 Delaware River, Catskills
Peacock and Brown #12 Delaware River, Catskills
Brown Woolly Bugger #8-12 Delaware River, Catskills

Jack Pangburn
Westbury NY

FLY FISHING IN NEWCASTLE, PA, USA
My Top 10 flies that i fish with
1. Fluttering Caddis #14 & #16
2. Henryville Caddis #14 & #16
3. Hendrickson #14 Hatch matcher
4. Blue Quill #16 & 18 Hatch matcher
5. BWO #18
6. Ants #16. #18, and #20
7. Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs, Natural, Olive and Black #14, #16
8. Adams #12, #14, #16
9. Golden Stonefly Nymph #12
9. Yellow Stonefly Nymph #14, and #16
Jim Kearney

FLY FISHING IN Delaware River, NY, USA
Popular hatches
1. Ephemerella Dorthea (Sulphers #16 to #20
2. Paraleptophlebia #16
3. Isonychia (Slate Drake #12)
4. Stenonema (Lt Cahill #12 to #14)
5. Ephemerella deficiens, lata, cornutella (dark BWO #16 to #22)
6. Ephemerella cornuta, attenuata (Lt BWO #14)
7. Pseudocleon (Tiny BWO #22-#26)

Current recommended flies for Auseable River (New York)
Sulpher Parachute #16
Orange Stimulator #8-#14
Yellow Stimulator #8-#14
Beadhead Pheasant Tail #10

Brian Davis

FLY FISHING IN PENNSYLVANIA, USA
Top ten flies...are there that many ??
Dries ;
Royal Wulff size 10
Adams size 14
Lt. Cahill / Sulphur size 14
Black midge...20 to 24
Cream midge..20-24

Wets ;
Black Williams size 12
Breadcrust ( feather quill body) size 12

Nymphs ;
Hares Ear (various colors/shades) 18-10

Streamers ;
Olive & Black Krystal Bugger (dark olive chenille body, black marabou
tail and black hackle, with 8-10 strands of black Krystal Flash added to
tail and sticking out the back of tail 1/8 to 1/4 inch) Size 8
White Marabou Streamer Size 10

Most of my fishing is confined to East central Pennsylvania...from the
Limestone streams of the Harrisburg area to the freestone streams of the
Pocono Mountains...throw in a few lakes in the area.
Naturally, this is trout fishing.
The Birdman

ARIZONA FLY FISHING
My personal top ten flys are:
1.      Carey Special size: 6,8,10  Parker Canyon Lake
2.      Royal Trude    size: 12,14,16 Parker Canyon Lake
3.      Peacock Lady size: 10,12,14 Parker Canyon Lake
4.      Zebra midge  size:18 Lee's Ferry
5.      Bluewing Olive size:16 Parker Canyon Lake, Lee's Ferry
6.      Elk Hair Caddis size: 16 Parker Canyon Lake, Lee's Ferry
7.      Adams size:16 Parker Canyon Lake, Lee's Ferry
8.      Light Cahill size:16 Parker Canyon Lake, Lee's Ferry
9.      Salmon egg imitations size:8,10,12 Parker Canyon Lake, Lee's Ferry
10.     My variant of the Griffith Nat size:16,18,20        Parker Canyon Lake, Lee's Ferry
All locations are in the state of Arizona in the USA.

SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAIN, CA
My normal method is to use weighted nymphs in pocket water and deep runs or toss woolly buggers and other streamers. I do chase trout on lakes too and have fished buzzers or midges under an indicator with quite good success. My top flies are wooly buggers, Clousers Minnows, velcro flies, leeches, Nearenuff, Sculpins and other streamer patterns in size 6 to 12; Pheasant tails in 16 to 22; Hears Ear's and red fox squirrel nymphs in 12 to 18. Emergant and deep sparkle pupas in 14 - 18. Keith Roberts, CA

FLY FISHING TENNESSEE
The flies I fish with here in Tennessee are woolly buggers, prince nymphs, bead heads, what they call the Tellico Nymph and pheasant tails.

Steve,Trout Reading, Tennesse

FLY FISHING NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
The most effective wet flies I have found are those notorious flies with an ill name , woolly buggers. They are especially effective in lakes while float tubing for Bows and Browns during the fall and winter. They even work well on steelhead in the American River. the olive brown and black sizes 12-6 are all effective but the green/olive buggers and green/olive Matukas have worked the best for me. During the summer months in the Sierra Nevada Mountains above 2000 meters elevation, the Royal Coachman and Royal Wolf dry fly patterns are very effective on brook trout in remote streams and rivers. In the more heavily fished streams and rivers various patterns and sizes of stone fly and caddis nymphs are effective almost any time of day if properly fished with an indicator. Scuds work well at times in high altitude lakes. Another fly I am quite fond of and works well as a dry fly or wet is the muddler minnow. They work well on large Mouth Bass as well as trout in lower elevation lakes and lakes in the Sacramento Valley.

James Mamola American River

FLY FISHING EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA
My favorite flies for chum salmon are
1. Chum candy various size and color
2. Shrimp patterns various size and colors White, Orange, Pink, Red, Chartreuse
3. Purple egg sucking leach size 1 through 6
4. Krystal flash flies various size and colors Purple, Pink, Orange, Chartreuse
5. Polly Wogs
6. Saltwater epoxy head bucktails
Herring size 2ott or larger Chartreuse and white, Blue and White, Chartreuse and Blue Needle fish
7. Sand lance Purple and white marabou size 2-8

Rainbow Trout
1. Egg pattern
2. White and purple egg sucking leach
3. Olive Sculpin
4. Smolt and Fry patterns
5. Mouse patterns
6. Flesh fly
7. Bead head nymphs
8. Black leaches
Chuck Brazil

TOP TEN FLIES FOR UPSTATE NY & DENVER COLORADO
Not sure I can name 10 flies that I rely on depends where I fish and for what. I usually walk into a fly shop and get a dozen of what ever they recommend I have been fly fishing for 35 years- alas I am not an entomologist but I do catch fish. I match color and size within reason as lately I can't see em to tie em on the line.. even with 2.5X glasses.
Upstate NY-- browns and related-- nymphs and dries bead heads princes and related from 8-14 in light medium and dark stone flies in various sizes dace and minnow patterns 2-12 hoppers and ants 8-14.
Denver colorado-- more dries, PMD, hoppers, nymphs as above-- dry on top with a nymph trailer..
Josh Hill

SALMON FLY FISHING ON THE MILWAUKEE RIVER, WISCONSIN, USA

My son-in-law introduced me to salmon fly fishing on the Milwaukee River in Wisconsin. The King salmon had just started to run up river and we hooked several in two days, including one tenacious 28 pounder and another pf 20 plus pounds. Other big salmon were caught but lost. The most productive flies were polar shrimp and woolly buggers.

Bob H
Virginia Beach,VA

FLY FISHING IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
Bonjour, here are some flies to use on the Verdon River, Verdon Canyon, Southern France 100km west of Nice.
1. Any trout streamer up to 10cm long as the trout can be quite big (record is a 11kg brown trout)
2. Spent Ignatia hook size 12-16 for the evening.
3. Caenis hook size 18 for very hot summer days, morning and evening
4. Ant hook size 16 very good, especially in the summer all day
5. Red Sedge hook size 12 - 16 , for big trout in the evening
6. Any kind of nymph, usual size for big river
The best period is dry fly end of spring and in summer. Ants are good in autumn with streamers all year long. Difficult to access the river in the canyon. 2 hour walk at least but worth it, better with a guide. The Canyon is near Castellane 100 km west of Nice. There is a four star camp site at 'Le camp du Verdon' Tel 0492836129. Guide - Christopher Pironnie Tel 0607145114 ch.pironnie@free.fr There is a dam upstream Tel 0492836907. There is a good web site in English at www.beyond.fr/sires/verdon.html
Bye Fabrice Borel, Lyon, France

WESTERN AUSTRALIA FLY FISHING FLIES
In regard to flies, I use mainly
Black Woolly Buggers in hook size 8 and 10
Olive and Black Woollies in hook size 10
Mrs Simpson Blue in hook size 10 and 12
Mrs Simpson Green in hook size 8 and 10
I also use to a much lesser extent
Dark brown stone fly hook size 12
Red Ants hook size 12
White Moths hook size 12 and 14
White Muddler hook size 8
Hares Ear Emerger hook size 14
Hamills Killer with the dark body and a flash of red in hook size 10 and 12

Jim Boot
Western Australian Trout and Freshwater Angling Association

SNOWY MOUNTAINS, AUSTRALIA FLY FISHING FLIES
I mainly fish in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales. The Eucumbene River is my main destination. The most useful fly for us in the Eucumbene River is the Royal Wulff in a size 12. It floats well and the boys can see it easily and it works! The trout in the Eucumbene don't seem to be very fussy eaters and there doesn't seem to be big hatches of particular insects that makes them selective. In mid summer we do get good numbers of grasshoppers and the Royal Wulff seems to work as a grasshopper patters as well. I suspect its success is because it is a good sized meaty chunk that will bring a fish up through a meter or so of fast water as the energy it appears to contain is more than the fish expends in coming to the surface. This is perfect for novices as we fish the fast water where presentation is less important and even if there is no obvious fish activity we still have a good chance of bringing one up. I also use a Klinkhammer (olive or brown seems best) as sometimes the fish just flash at the dry and don't take it. The emerger is more likely to get a hookup under those circumstances. The bead head is used on a dropper under a Royal Wulff early in the season when the river is up and the fish are lying low. Only my experienced boys can handle casting two flies. I do get them to use a black wooly bugger as a wet cast across and down on occasions but taking fish off the surface is more visually exciting for them.

NEW ZEALAND FLY FISHING
Top 10 Dries for stream and Rivers
Parachute Adams hook size 16
Adams hook size 16
Dad's Favourite hook size 16
Kakahi Queen hook size 16
Blowfly Humpy hook size 10
Cicada hook size 12 and 10
Caddis hook size 16
Green Beatle hook size 16
Royal Wulff hook size 14
Humpy various colours hook size 14

Top nymphs for streams and rivers
Pheasant Tail hook size 16
Beaded Pheasant Tail hook size 16
Beaded hare and Copper hook size 16
Hare and Copper hook size 16
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear hook size 16
Brassie hook size 16
Corixa hook size 16

Top 10 in Lakes
Super Snail hook size 14
Damsel nymph hook size 14
Midge Pupa hook size 16
Dragonfly Nymph (Oct-Dec) hook size 10
Woolly Bugger hook size 8
Corixa hook size 16
Pheasant Tail hook size 16

Trout Fishing Services Dick Marquand's guided fly fishing trips in New Zealand

BRAZOS RIVER, TEXAS AND SOUTHERN FRANCE FLY BOX
Mayflies-flyline size 10
Daves Hopper size 6
Stimulator Olive size 10
French Partridge size 8
Royal Coachman size 12
Blue wing olive size 12
Thorax Callibaetis size 14
Woolly buggers size 16
Bass poppers size 16-18

Gregory Caruso

CHICARGO, WISCONSIN, INDIANA, MICHIGAN AND ILLINOIS FISHING
Black Nosed Dace size 6 (steelhead were hitting this like mad in October. Nothing else worked)
White marabou streamer with red marabou throat and silver tinsel body sizes 2 and 10
Foam Bodied Hoppers with indicators and rubber legs (for trout in Montana/ Yellowstone in September) size 6
Parachute Hopper with red Body (for western US trout)
Egg sucking leach purple body sizes 6 and 8
Olive chenille wet fly with black hackle and Cahill wings size 12
Popsicle size 6 for Steelhead and slamon
Glo bugs sizes 2-6 for salmon and 10 and 12 for steelhead
Inverted hook Sculpin with bead eyes, Rabbit fur glued back to back with white fur as underbelly
Sculpin Muddler

Matt Pedersen

TEN FLIES FOR KAMLOOPS, SHUSWAP & CARIBOU COUNTRY
Requested list of favourite flies, fished primarily in the High Country lakes around Kamloops, the Shuswap or the Caribou Country--
Halfback 2x10 or 2x12
Gold bead head Pheasant tail nynph 2x14 or 16
Scuds, shades of green, some with flashback
Marabou damsel nymph, pale watery green
,Several dragon nymphs, 3x8 or 6
Caddis pupa,2x8 or 10
Emergent caddis (sedge) deerhair ,2x10 or12
Mikulak Sedge(dry) 2x12 or 14
Tom Thumb (dry) 2x12 to 18
Elk hair caddis 12 to 16
Various 16 patterns with CDC wing
GRHE Some with beadhead 8 to 14
Various small leeches in maroon or black seal or marabou 3x10 or 12
Diawi Bach, with a PT wing 12
Dozens of different chironomids 2x14 to 18
Beadhead wooly bugger , black, brown or maroon, 3x8 or 6
Mayfly (callibaetis) nymph 2x14
Muddler minnow Some with marabou tail, 3x6 or8
Cary special (Soft long hackle ) some tied only with PT, +3x8 to 12
Den

FLY FISHING IN THE MIDWEST, (INDIANA, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN & ILLINOIS) USA
1- Blacknosed Dace (Streamer), size 6 - Steelhead were hitting this like
mad last week. Nothing else worked!
2 - NO NAME Pattern - White Marabou Streamer with short Red Marabou Throat
and Silver Tinsel Body - sizes 2-10 (for all Great Lakes Salmonids) - also
picked up many Largemouth Bass with this pattern
3 - Foam Bodied Hoppers with indicators and rubber legs (for trout in
Montana / Yellowstone in September) - size 6
4 - Parachute Hopper with Red Body (again for trout in the Western US)
5 - Egg Sucking Leach - sizes 6 & 8 - I used a purpled-bodied, red-headed
6 - no name wet Fly - simply olive chenille body, black hackle and wings made
from the same material as Light Cahill. - size 12 - nailed by MANY juvenile bass this year. Probably would work equally well for general panfish.
7 - "Popsicle", a marabou streamer - again for steelhead and salmon - fished size 6 only (only size I could get this fly in)
8 - "Glo Bugs" - all colors although Chartreuse has gotten the most hits this year - sizes 2-6 for salmon, 10 & 12 for steelhead although both will take either
9 - one of my favorite patterns, I don't know the name, it's a sculpin imitation tied with two triangle pieces of rabbit skin/fur glued back to back so that you get the white underbelly. Some sort of duckbreast feather used for pectoral fins, with a bit of red for gills and large black bead eyes. Hook is turned updside-down. The fly just looks AWESOME underwater but I've only seen the pattern at KingFisher Fly Shop in Misoula Montana. I wish I could find more as it's fly I'd like to fish more (IF I HAD MORE!).
10 - another sculpin imatation, a variation on a Muddler Minnow...basically HUGE and black with the spun deer-hair head. Probably size 2 or 0. Got a lot of looks and one hit (which took the fly and all my leader) by a huge male Chinook. A surprising pattern that I wish I had more of, I do have a white version still.

The cool part is that we have steelhead and salmon runs here in the Midwest too so you get them in Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and several other states (Illinois has no rivers that host salmon runs, so I always end up heading north into Wisconsin). Well I hope my comments help! Going fly fishing again tomorrow, but since I have a lot of work I came back to Chicago early. The fall inland trout season for Illinois started today and there's a trout lake about 30 minutes from where I live (it's stocked, there's no natural trout waters in IL, all are too warm so the DNR stocks spring and fall).

Best Regards,

Matt Pedersen

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FLY FISHING IN NEW JERSEY, USA

My Top Ten Fishing Flies

       Name                                       Size                        Location
1    Clouser Minnow                          2/0                        New Jersey Saltwater

2    Lefty's Deciever                          2/0                         New Jersey Saltwater

3    Kinky Fly                                   1/0                         New Jersey Saltwater

4    Olive Bugger                              4-8                          Bass Lakes

5    Crazy Charlie                             4-8                          Bonefish

6    Glass Minnow                            1/0                          New Jersey Saltwater

7    Roger's Big Eye Baitfish              2/0                         New Jersey Saltwater

8    Pearly Popper                            2/0                          New Jersey Saltwater

9    Gotcha                                     4-6                           Bonefishing

10 Adams                                      14                            Streams

FLY FISHING IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Hello there again ! fly fishing has come to a stop with below zero temps outside!Brrrrrrrrrr its cold.This spring i'll be out with Rod in hand my most used flies are
ADAMS
FEMALE ADAMS
MOSQUTO
ROYAL COACHMAN
ROYAL WULFF
HUMPY'S
GRASS HOPPERS
ANT'S
MONTANA NYMPH
Dry flies are my chose of weapons here in South Dakota of USA ! Tight lines to you!

Mr. Stanley

FLY FISHING IN OREGON
Should you ever venture to the western part of the US below is a list of what I carry and the streams I use them on. Keep in mind that I prefer nymphing and I therefore prefer fast moving water. My most favorite rivers are listed, due to the overall productivity (fun) on them. I fish other streams but not near the same success ratio.

#1 - Zug Bug 10/12/14 Beaded, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#2 - Prince Nymph 10/12/14 Beaded, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#3 - Hairs Ear Nymph, 12/14/16 Brn/Blk/Olive Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#4 - Bitch Creek Nymph, 08/10/12/14 Red and Black, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#5 - Montana Nymph, 08/10/12/14 Red & Blk, Orange & Blk, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#6 - Pheasant Tails, 12/14/16, Blk/Brn/Olive/Tan, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#7 - Stone Fly, 06/08/10/12, Blk/Brn/Tan, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#8 - A.P. Nymph, 10/12/14, Black, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#9 - Humpy, 10/12/14/16, Yellow, Orange, Brown, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon
#10 - Stimulators, 08/10/12/14, Orange, Sacramento River, CA/Deschutes River, Oregon

The Deschutes River in Oregon is the best river I have ever fished. It's all catch & release (at least where I fish!). One can catch over 50 trout per day there, and the trout are called "redsides" due to the beautiful splash of Natures red paint on their sides (helps them blend in with the lava rock on the bottom of the river). They average between 16 and 18 inches, are well fed by the natural aquatic life in the river and many times will spool your line right down to the end of the backing! Quite a blast!

Thanks for asking for my favorites. Just typing them into this email made my day go better. Now all I have to do is focus on what I'm paid to do, and unfortunately that is not flies or fishing!
Rich Mumper
San Jose, CA

FLY FISHING IN MONTANA AND NEW MEXICO
My favorite flies are:

Gold Ribbed Hares Ear
Pheasant Tail Nymphs
Streamers
San Juan Worms
Princes Nymphs
Princes Beaded Nymphs
Brassie Nymphs

I use them in size 14 through to 18. I used your flies as soon as I got them in Montana and New Mexico. I caught several brown and rainbow trout.
Thanks a lot
Austin Jordan

FLY FISHING FOR STEELHEADS
I have been using tube flies for about 6 months. They work great with Steelhead!! Thanks for the advice
Johnny B Delshaw MD
Proffessor,Dept of Neurlogical Surgery
Proffessor,Dept of Otolarynology

SPRING FISHING IN IRELAND
What flies to take? That's an easy one. That early in the year you will only see a few olives, midges and possibly the odd small stonefly. I'd go with a selection of different coloured Klinkhammers in sizes 12 and 14, Adams Dry in 14 and 16 plus Grey Duster Dry in 12 and 14. If there are any olives a size 16 Tup's Indespensible or a light coloured Elk Hair Caddis would be good. A small midge pattern like Griffiths Gnat in 16 or 18 too. A big black beetle type jobbie, a coachman, timberwolf, or black and peacock spider in 10 or 12 if nothing is rising will sort them out. Don't forget to take a selection of Gold Bead Gold Ribbed Hares Ear with you.

Chris (Fishing guide)

FISHING IN SOUTH WEST USA
Most of my fishing is on a local mountain river the Truckee River with some fishing on reservoirs and Pyramid lake in Nevada. I also travel to eastern Nevada and into California to fish some lakes and rivers. These are my top ten flies.

Prince's Beaded Nymph size 12 & 14
Brown Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph size 12 & 14
Black Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph size 12 & 14
Hoppers size 12
Black and Olive Woolly Buggers with and without beads size 10 and 12
Royal Coachman Dry Fly size 10 and 12

Eddie Burke

FLY FISHING IN HOLLAND
I fish mostly on trout in fish ponds, Also jack Pike, perch, brim, redeye, carp
My top ten list
1. Marabou goldhead (mostly orange and yellow) & Muddlers, redtag Muddlers with goldhead
2. Bead head Caddis Pupa's
3. Jack Frost
4. Jaffa Orange
5. Bibio's (different types)
6. Boobies
7. Pike Bunny Ear
8. Epoxy Streamers
9. Ocks (Large streamer)
10. Marabou Furstrip Streamer
Jaap, Neatherlands

FLY FISHING IN HOLLAND
We fishing in different locations and waters. In the winter we fishing, my friends en me, members of the flyfishing club "Groot Rotterdam" in the Lake Oostvoorne near by Rotterdam. Try to cast an rainbowtrout. Also we fishing in the winter of Snoek, in the "Krimpernerwaard". Two times in the jear we going to Germany fishing in the Kyll for an long weekend also for trout and flagsalmon. For the first time we going this jear to Slovenie with 5 members for an hole week. The flies we fish are: Gold beaded Pheasant tail nymph, Gold bead gold ribbed ear nymph, all sort of Caddis flies, Bibio's, Boobies, Muddlers, CDC flies, Stoneflie nymph and so an. Hooksize is between 12 and 22. In the winter we fish with streamers. Jan de Blaauw

FLY FISHING IN AUSTRIA
Dear Craig,
I was fishing every day since Saturday. (I have to test your flies) Today I caught a beautiful brown trout with the Goddard’s gray caddis fly. It was a great fight. 39 cm. Greeting from Austria with wonderful fishers weather. Tomorrow I will go again, Raffaela, Kössen, Austria

VENEZUELA FLY FISHING

In my area within reasonable range of a day trip we have a variety of different fishing scenery, ranging from mountain rivers in Los Andes, lake fishing it Masparro and Bocono and several tropical rivers so the fishing ranges from trout that have escaped from the local hatchery through to most tropical freshwater species. My fly fishing in general is concentrated on Peacock Bass, Butterfly Bass and Royal Bass (local name is Pavon). with some experimental fly fishing for other spices but so far with very little success apart from a great time enjoying the nature and picturesque scenery.

My fly-tying skills are not worth talking about 'learning', so when I started out fly fishing here I, used the flies brought with me from Denmark all sea trout and trout patterns. In general most of my flies, dry, wet and streamers, were actually catching fish, although some worked better than others. After experimenting with the different flies I found that the bigger flies used for night fishing sea trout like the Danish named 'black cigar' and flies that use silver and gold mylar tube, fish imitations hook size 6 to 12 gave reasonable good results with bass.

Presently my preferred patterns are Sculpin Muddler, Black Bullhead, Deep Minnows, thunder Creek gold and silver shiner, streamers mylar silver and gold, a fly called cockroach and the sea ducer tied on long shaft hooks, sizes 2 to 6 ending up with a final fly imitation length of 5 to 10cm

best regards, Michael Soegaard, Venezuela

BRAZIL FLY FISHING
Here in Brazil there are lots of different fish and fishing situations. I fish for monster Amazonian Peacock Bass to tiny lambari, A predator and also a very good forrage. We have trouts, black bas, dorado (fresh and Saltwater), Tilapia and tons of other ones.
My top ten flies for Brazil are Montana (10, 12, 14), Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (12, 14, 16), Quill Gordon (26, 28), Griffiths Gnat (22 24) Dark and Light Hendrickson (14 16 18) Adams (14 16 18) Light Cahill (14 16 18) Kaufmann's Scud (12 14) Humpy (10 12)
Ricardo Azedo, Brazil

FLY FISHING THE WHITE AND LITTLE RED RIVERS IN ARKANSAS
For those of you that do not know there are tail water rivers with stocked rainbows, cut throats, brookies and natural reproducing browns. The Little Red has produced a 40lb + brown. The White has produced browns just under 40lbs and rainbows in the 20lb range. On an average day of fly fishing you will catch 10" to 16" fish and occasionally a 20"+. the predominate food source in both rivers are sow bugs, crayfish, midges (buzzers), sporadic caddis and Mayfly hatches

Favorite Flies
Various sow Bug imitations (such as grey bead head larva lace) size 16 and 18
Soft hackles such as Red ass-red thread tag, peacock herl body, partridge hackle and red thread head size 14 & 16
Partridge and Orange Soft Hackle size 14, 16, 18 with and without bead heads
Bead Head Hares Ear Size 14 and 16
Bead head Princes Size 14 and 16
Brassies size 18 and 20
Numerous midge pupa imitations size 18 to 22, finished with greased 6X and 7X tippet in surface film
Parachute Adams size 16 and 18 used a lot with nymphs as dry and dropper
Olive Woolly Bugger with some crystal flash size 8 and 10
Black Woolly Bugger with some crystal flash size 8 and 10

Nymphs normally fished upstream dead drift with strike indicators. Woolly buggers usually fished down and across with short strip retrieves using intermediate lines.

Doug Jackson
Little Rock, AR

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FLYFISHING IN GERMANY
Normally I go fishing in lowland rivers in north east Germany which are inhibited by native and partially stocked brown trout populations. In some cases, grayling is also common. During holidays, I prefer flyfishing in rivers near the mountain areas, often in the Alps or the central German Mountain region. Flies commonly used are:
Hawthorne fly 16/18 hook
Pale Watery 14/16 hook
Light Cahill 14/16 hook
Brown CDC sedges and dry flies hook 16
Big Mayflies hook 10
Adams Hook 12/14
Hoopers 12/14 hook
Bugs hook 14/16
Zonkers, Muddlers and woolly buggers hook size 10
In more open rivers outside the lowlands, gold beaded hares ear nymphs and Pheasant tail nymphs are further the favorites. Hope this helps
Thomas Mehner, Berlin,S Germany

NEW ZEALAND FLY FISHING
For winter fishing we mainly use Hare & Coppers on a long shank 10 with 2 full length wraps of lead and a 4mm tungsten bead on a 15ft 6lb fluoro-carbon leader then a dropper of about 3ft to a size 14-16 pheasant tail / glow bug / prince's nymph or another hare & copper. But to a point the flies aren't as important as they way you present them. Summer fishing is a totally different kettle of fish, fly selection and presentation are very important, fishing long 4lb leaders and light weight nymphs or dry flies. We use a large selection of dries, everything from size 18 Adams right up to size 8 royal wulffs and cicada's depending on the time of season and weather depending on what works. The upside is that you can see the fish in summer clear as day, so you can see if there turning it down or not. Kind regards, Mike Burgin, All About Trout www.allabouttrout.co.nz

TASMANIAN TROUT AND NEW ZEALAND STEELHEAD
I love talking about fly fishing, here is a list of what I would normally use:
Dries - Red Tag 12, Adams 12, Caddis 12, Royal Wulff 10 & 12
Wets - Mrs Simpson 6 & 8, Hamills Killer 8, White Baby Doll 8
Nymphs - Hare and Copper 12 & 10, Flashbacks 10, Pheasant Tail 10
Most Fishing is done for brown trout in Tasmania and Steelheads in New Zealand
Harvey J Taylor, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

FLY FISHING IN WALES
My top ten flies are as follows:
1 - Damsel Nymph
2 - Orange Montana
3 - Cats Whisker
4 - Epoxy Buzzer
5 - Bloodworm Goldhead
6 - Dragonfly Nymph
7 - Olive Scud
8 - Orangey Booby Nymph
9 - Orange Hopper
10-Black Gnat

I try and fish a variety of water but mostly its Llandegfedd, at the moment it's quiet due to the recent hot weather but September often produces great catches. Hoppers on the surface can be deadly then. I also fish the river USK. It has some of the best wild brown trout fishing around. Ok it's difficult on the fly but when you catch one it's worth it because they are lovely fish.I always put them back.Sometimes I also fish the River Monnow, Monmouth, for greyling using Nymph methods. Gareth Plumb, Pontypool

RESERVOIR FLY FISHING NEAR DERBY, CENTRAL ENGLAND
I normally fish size 12 / 14 but do vary it to smaller sizes depending on where I am fishing. On Formark reservoir near Derby I tend to use larger lures such as Zonkers, Montanas, Vivas and Fritz patterns. In Barlow Trout Fisheries near Chesterfield I use smaller Gold Ribbed Hares Ears, Olives, Damsels, Emergers, Black Buzzers. In Willington Trout Fisheries near Derby I use Gold Ribbed Hares Ears, Shipmans Buzzers and Diawl Bach as this water is crystal clear and contains excellent fighting rainbows.
Cheers Eric at Derby UK

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