03-21-2012, 05:53 PM
I've seen the pictures where people have a dozen large fly boxes packed to the brim with various flies. I've also seen other fly boxes where folks go out with about a dozen flies.
I'm heading out on a 4 day trip in the next couple weeks where I going to be learning how to fly fish. No guide or anything, just heading out with a group of guys. I've pretty much got my list of flies taken from various top 10 fly lists... In all, I have about 7-8 different dry fly patterns. 2-3 streamers patterns. 3-4 nymph patterns.
For dry flies, I'm heading with 2-3 sizes depending on the fly. Streamers I'm heading up with 1 size. Nymphs 1-2 sizes.
My question is... How many of each fly would you bother bringing on your first trip out?
Right now I'm thinking 4-5 for popular flies, and the majority I'll bring 3 of each with the exception of nymphs which I'll probably have around 8. I'd rather not spend a 100$ on flies, that said, I don't want to end up in the back country with no flies left!
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I'm heading out on a 4 day trip in the next couple weeks where I going to be learning how to fly fish. No guide or anything, just heading out with a group of guys. I've pretty much got my list of flies taken from various top 10 fly lists... In all, I have about 7-8 different dry fly patterns. 2-3 streamers patterns. 3-4 nymph patterns.
For dry flies, I'm heading with 2-3 sizes depending on the fly. Streamers I'm heading up with 1 size. Nymphs 1-2 sizes.
My question is... How many of each fly would you bother bringing on your first trip out?
Right now I'm thinking 4-5 for popular flies, and the majority I'll bring 3 of each with the exception of nymphs which I'll probably have around 8. I'd rather not spend a 100$ on flies, that said, I don't want to end up in the back country with no flies left!
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