06-04-2010, 02:20 AM
The best way to understand which fly is which is look at a few different websites (Cabela's, TheFlyStop, Percysflies, Etc) and look at their selection of flies. They all have good detailed pics of each individual fly and that should help you learn what fly is what. Eventually you will remember the names and be able to pick them out of your box. Learning what fly to use when is a little more complicated as there are many ways to do this like by color, by type, by size, by river, by type of fish, by the weather, by the time of year, or a combination of some or all of the afore mentioned. Get a small note pad and keep a list of details every where you fish so you can refer back to it. It will all come together with time. It is not as easy as throwing a worm on a hook and tossing it in. I think the challenge of understanding all this is one of the appeals of fly fishing, at least for me it is.
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