So I'm new to fly fishing, otherwise fished on and off all my life. I ordered a bunch of flies from the Fly Shack, I made my decision based on a mix of where I live (Arizona), the hatch charts for the area I want to mostly fish in, and I compared fly sizes with what's in the Venture Fly Co kits. Tried to take the middle road here since I don't really know what I'm doing, I also purposely picked a few I recognized the names of being popular (copper john, elk hair caddis, wolly bugger).
Now again I have no idea what I'm doing, just taking a stab I'm the dark here based on a loosely educated guess. Opinions on this spread? Could be useless for all I know but im happy to take any suggestions or opinions.
I'll attach my invoice, sorry but im not able to post every fly specifically.
Thanks in advance, I hope to learn quickly.
Posted by Witchfinder76
4 Comments
Good looking list!
Looks great and flies last a long time if you don’t need a specific pattern right away.
I also like black (dry fly) ants about size 18 with white sparkle yarn wing for visibility in addition to hoppers too. A Rio Glitter Ant…
They worked great for me on the West Fork of the Black river last summer. I like throwing those ants for small trout on my 3 weight.
Great selection of versatile flies. Great place to start and should get it done for the most part.
Good looking list generally. I would personally add more small nymph patterns (sz 18 – 22), but that will depend a bit on where you fish. Can’t go wrong with black/red zebra midge (at least in the west).