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My vest is so overload with flies but use most of them for different places but I like to know I have them.
This is a tough choice but if you could only take one fly pattern toa tournament than what fly would that be. I'd take my black leech pattern or a Hare's ear nymph.
What would everybody else take.
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Hands down, I would have to go with a weighted brown Hare's Ear nymph. Of course, it would be nice to have an assortment of sizes, but if it were just one individual fly I'd go with a size 14.
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The best thing to come out of a fly is, zipper worms...
Bwhahahaha I had to let that one fly in the faces of fellow anglers.
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I'll answer this for my father and myself. My Dad would have renegades in various sizes (he fishes them wet and dry). I would go with a size 8 black wolley bugger or a 14 grey hare's ear.
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[cool]Is that the fly with silver teeth?
Anybody know about the "silver hilton"? It's an old steelhead pattern from the west coast, but it sure do beat up on Utah fishies. I have taken lotsa big rainbows, browns, cutts...and even bass and cats with it. It is especially good for big bluegills.
I often tie it as a dropper above a small jig, when casting for crappie or sunfish. It also works well as a dropper above a small Rapala or spinner. And, it is a fantastic after dark fly fished with a bubble full of water on Deer Creek.
I'm at work right now (goofing off again) and can't post a pic, but if anyone is interested in the pattern, I will post it later. It is a black chenille body, spiral wrapped with silver tinsel, barred fiber tail, twin grizzly hackle tippets for wings and a single grizzly hackle wrapped on the front. The wings are tied back in a "V" and swim when stripped. I tie it on 2X, 3X and 4X long shank hooks, size 10 through about 2. Size 8 or 6 are good all around sizes.
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That sounds like a pattern I've got to try. Any pics would be excellent!
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Just found a link for the Silver Hilton for anyone interested. By the way, this web site is pretty good for patterns and tying instructions.
[url "http://www.westfly.com/patterns/steelhead/silverhilton.shtml"]http://www.westfly.com/patterns/steelhead/silverhilton.shtml[/url]
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I agree with the hares ear, I tie mine with extra dubbing and leave it hanging out all over. Can't beat the hare's ear beadhead!
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It would depend on the weather before the contest. If it had just raind or was rainy I would bring a brown san juan worm. If it was sunny and no rain I would bring a weighted beadhead phesant tail nymph. I just like the way it preforms around where I live.
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My go to fly if nothing is working is a fly called Mormon Girl. This a fly my dad brought me up fishing. He told me he fished it as a boy on strawberry river by their saw mill. I figured my dad has been fishing it for about 65 yrs. A person can fish it either wet or dry which he is a master of both. There is only one fly tying book I have ever seen it listed and they tie it as a streamer. We don't we bring the size down a scoash.
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Hands down a black tail streamer for me.
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If I want bigger fish , I would have to go with a black wooly bugger or a muddler , or .................................................................
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