10-25-2008, 08:13 PM
When I was new to the sport it was a common practice among fishing writers to pronounce how few flies you really needed to carry.
Of course, none of them fished the Beaverkill.
But the basic idea is sound. For any general set of conditions you probably could fish with a half dozen or ten patterns all year, and never feel you were missing out on anything.
So I thought it might be fun for everybody to come up with a minimalist fly box. We'd each have to first specify the kind of fishing we do, and where. And then provide a list of six patterns (or pattern types, perhaps) that would serve us for that.
Brook
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Of course, none of them fished the Beaverkill.
But the basic idea is sound. For any general set of conditions you probably could fish with a half dozen or ten patterns all year, and never feel you were missing out on anything.
So I thought it might be fun for everybody to come up with a minimalist fly box. We'd each have to first specify the kind of fishing we do, and where. And then provide a list of six patterns (or pattern types, perhaps) that would serve us for that.
Brook
http://www.the-outdoor-sports-advisor.com
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