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"Go to" fly #10954065 02/12/16 Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 168 southeast Massachusetts F Frm OP Campfire Member OP Frm Campfire Member F Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 168 southeast Massachusetts When nothing else seems to work, what is your "go to" fly? A friend of mine calls these flies "meat flies" because when all else fails they will put food on the table. I go to a flash back hairs ear nymph with a tungsten bead head, size 16 or 18. "We've had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues! I see that the world is rotten because of silence!" St. Catherine of Sienna

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10956621 02/13/16 Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 168 southeast Massachusetts F Frm OP Campfire Member OP Frm Campfire Member F Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 168 southeast Massachusetts I know a great fly fisherman who swears by the double bunny. "We've had enough of exhortations to be silent! Cry out with a hundred thousand tongues! I see that the world is rotten because of silence!" St. Catherine of Sienna

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10956663 02/13/16 Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 11,028 so cal pal Campfire Outfitter pal Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 11,028 so cal Black bead-head Wooly Bugger. "There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon "...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10957106 02/13/16 Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,844 Virginia V VaHunter Campfire Regular VaHunter Campfire Regular V Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,844 Virginia Assuming we are talking Trout. Adams parachute when feeding on top (adult or emerger) and a bead head pheasant tail nymph subsurface. This assumes we are talking wild trout. For stockers substitute a prince nymph for the pheasant tail.

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10957373 02/14/16 Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,648 Central Texas E eamyrick Campfire Regular eamyrick Campfire Regular E Joined: Dec 2015 Posts: 1,648 Central Texas Black or green bead head wooly booger will catch anything that swims. For salt I have caught a ton of species of a green clouser but I'm sure a green booger would have done the job.

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10957469 02/14/16 Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 526 masshole W Westernmassman Campfire Regular Westernmassman Campfire Regular W Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 526 masshole For trout on top: Parachute Adams or Usual. For trout below: Frenchie size 14.

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10957527 02/14/16 Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 23,453 4ager Campfire Ranger 4ager Campfire Ranger Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 23,453 Woolly buggers are hard to trump. For top water trout, the Adams is about as good as it gets for an "all 'rounder"; or a March Brown. Originally Posted by Mannlicher America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.

Re: "Go to" fly 4ager #10957603 02/14/16 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 17,132 Freedom Pugs Campfire Ranger Pugs Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2005 Posts: 17,132 Freedom The bugger likely wins for most. For dries the Elk Hair Caddis or an Adams For nymphs the pheasant tail or a hairs ear If something on the internet makes you angry the odds are you're being manipulated

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10957614 02/14/16 Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,086 PNW R ribka Campfire Ranger ribka Campfire Ranger R Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 24,086 PNW Red micro leech or size 18 lightening bug Top comparadun or griffiths gnat, As mentioned salt closer olive over white

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10957668 02/14/16 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,790 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA 1minute Campfire Ranger 1minute Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 29,790 Burns/Hines, Oregon, USA Gold ribbed hare's ear. 1Minute

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10958843 02/14/16 Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 16 B bearnut New Member bearnut New Member B Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 16 The stimulator in a larger size than you would first expect to use. Seems to work well if it splashes down hard on the surface. Sometimes they can make a trout behave like a bass and attack the splashy giant fly!

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10958849 02/14/16 Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,157 MT J Just a Hunter Campfire Tracker Just a Hunter Campfire Tracker J Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 7,157 MT looks like the Adams is favored as it is with me. In western MT I have had success with the Grey Hackle Yellow when everything else wouldn't work.

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10959259 02/14/16 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,493 SE Alberta T troutfly Campfire Tracker troutfly Campfire Tracker T Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,493 SE Alberta Soft hackles, particularly a Grouse and Orange or Partridge and Olive as a close second. Tied very, very sparsely.

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10960529 02/15/16 Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 942 West Nebraska S ST50 Campfire Regular ST50 Campfire Regular S Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 942 West Nebraska I am an extreme rookie, so what do you guys think about the Utah killer bug or crane fly?

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10961284 02/15/16 Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,760 Wyoming W WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger WyoCoyoteHunter Campfire Ranger W Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 17,760 Wyoming What Pugs said.. Molon Labe

Re: "Go to" fly troutfly #10961485 02/15/16 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,620 Anchorage, AK USA Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Sitka deer Campfire Kahuna Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 50,620 Anchorage, AK USA Originally Posted by troutfly Soft hackles, particularly a Grouse and Orange or Partridge and Olive as a close second. Tied very, very sparsely. These are my favorites, too. Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.

Re: "Go to" fly Pugs #10961521 02/15/16 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,472 Bozeman, MT shrapnel Campfire Ranger shrapnel Campfire Ranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 24,472 Bozeman, MT Originally Posted by Pugs The bugger likely wins for most. For dries the Elk Hair Caddis or an Adams For nymphs the pheasant tail or a hairs ear This will work for most trout waters, year round. When it gets a bit more specialized, a PMD, Caddis and a baetis in some form of a cripple will always pick up the more discriminating fish that may turn down the common flies...

Re: "Go to" fly Frm #10961810 02/15/16 Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 5,866 Crack whore hollow Tn. S seal_billy Campfire Tracker seal_billy Campfire Tracker S Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 5,866 Crack whore hollow Tn. Top for trout parachute adams. Top for sunfish sponge spider Subsurface for both trout and sunfish a Appalachian pattern called a yellahammer. Bluegills will eat a yellahammer when nothing else works. Eating fried chicken and watermelon since 1972. You tell me how I ought to be, yet you don't even know your own sexuality,, the philosopher,,, you know so much about nothing at all. Chuck Schuldiner

Re: "Go to" fly seal_billy #10961842 02/15/16 Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 11,028 so cal pal Campfire Outfitter pal Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 11,028 so cal Originally Posted by seal_billy ...Bluegills will eat a yellahammer when nothing else works anything. Fixed it. "There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon "...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg

Re: "Go to" fly Pugs #10962246 02/15/16 Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,497 Weaverville NC D DaddyRat Campfire Regular DaddyRat Campfire Regular D Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,497 Weaverville NC Originally Posted by Pugs The bugger likely wins for most. For dries the Elk Hair Caddis or an Adams For nymphs the pheasant tail or a hairs ear This is spot on