04-24-2007, 03:12 PM
[#0000bf]There is a small handbook put out called matching the hatch for the west. It will tell you what, & when hatches happen plus it tells you what fly is suppose to imitate the bug. [/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]There is a lot of different patterns to imitate Dragon or Damsel flies.[/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]As far as ending up with a lot of flies that DON'T work, welcome to fly fishing[laugh][/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]The bad thing is with all the new tiers and the need to come up with something different, you can end up with 1,000's of different renditions on one fly.[/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]Over time you will find what works and stick with that, but every day something comes out that you look at and say....hummmmm that could work.[/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]I know myself, there is three COLORS that work great on for example the Uinta lakes. Purple, Yellow and Orange, so I have come up with regular fly patterns in these colors and they work killer. (ex: an Orange Griffith Gnat)[/#0000bf]
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[#0000bf]There is a lot of different patterns to imitate Dragon or Damsel flies.[/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]As far as ending up with a lot of flies that DON'T work, welcome to fly fishing[laugh][/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]The bad thing is with all the new tiers and the need to come up with something different, you can end up with 1,000's of different renditions on one fly.[/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]Over time you will find what works and stick with that, but every day something comes out that you look at and say....hummmmm that could work.[/#0000bf]
[#0000bf]I know myself, there is three COLORS that work great on for example the Uinta lakes. Purple, Yellow and Orange, so I have come up with regular fly patterns in these colors and they work killer. (ex: an Orange Griffith Gnat)[/#0000bf]
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