Would appreciate some feedback on my inventory of dries and nymphs. I fish the Rockies in Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho. This is meant to be a general selection that covers 90% of situations – I'll visit a local shop for the one or two occasions a year I need giant salmonflies or something like that. Let me know if you think anything is unnecessary, or if something critical is missing!
Dries
- Mayfly
- Parachute Adams
- #12
- #14
- #16
- #18
- Sparkle Dun (PMD & BWO colors)
- #14
- #16
- #18
- #20
- Parachute Adams
- Caddis
- Elk Hair Caddis
- #14
- #16
- #18
- X-Caddis
- #16
- #18
- Elk Hair Caddis
- Terrestrials
- Foam Hopper (Tan and Olive)
- #8
- #10
- #12
- Foam Beetle
- #12
- #14
- #16
- Ant (Black and Cinnamon)
- #14
- #16
- #18
- Foam Hopper (Tan and Olive)
- Attractors
- Foam attractor (I prefer these over stimulators)
- #10
- #12
- #14
- Foam attractor (I prefer these over stimulators)
- Trico/Midge
- Griffith’s Gnat
- #18
- #20
- #22
- Trico spinner
- #20
- #22
- Griffith’s Gnat
Nymphs
- Attractor
- Prince Nymph
- #12
- #14
- #16
- Duracell / Blowtorch
- #14
- #16
- Perdigons
- #14
- #16
- #18
- Prince Nymph
- Mayfly
- Pheasant Tail
- #14
- #16
- #16
- #20
- Hare’s Ear
- #12
- #14
- #16
- Pheasant Tail
- Midges
- Zebra Midge (black, red, olive)
- #18
- #20
- #22
- RS2
- #18
- #20
- #22
- Zebra Midge (black, red, olive)
- Stonefly
- Pat’s Rubber Legs
- #6
- #8
- #10
- Pat’s Rubber Legs
- Junk Flies
- San Juan Worm
- #12
- #14
- Squirmy Worm
- #12
- #14
- Egg patterns (Orange and Pink)
- #16
- #18
- San Juan Worm
Posted by Al_Pallll
7 Comments
Looks solid to me. Not sure to much about fishing out west, so I do t know if there are some specific hatch’s that you need to match out there . But your mentality is similar to my own, just get something g halfway close to what in the river.
More of a variety than what I have right now lol.
But, I do know most of these flies, and can tell that this is well put together. Nice list! Only thing I’d say is to add a frenchie but I don’t think you need to.
Everyone has their own preferences for flies they use. My boxes don’t match (don’t even resemble, mostly) even those of the people with whom I fish. If they work for you, they are the right flies.
The older I get the simpler my boxes have become. I long ago learned I didn’t need a lot of patterns or a lot of sizes of the few patterns I carry to catch plenty of fish.
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No chubby Chernobyl or did I miss it?
You could publish that list, hits everything that may be important. More sizes than my box for similar streams, but you’re clearly a less lazy tier than I.
Fish a Jack Daniel’s, you’ll be amazed