Baron
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Bored out of my head. I want to fish. Launched the boat but it wouldn't float.
I'm new to poor tying. I seem to be good at it though. It was suggested to me by encouraging folks that perhaps I should tie one fly over and over, until I get good at that one fly, learning to tie them accurately in different sizes while keeping the scale of the fly in line. Then learn the next and so on.
I denied to my self that I had any need for such practice as I had mastered the art of tying and was on my way to fly-tying fame. Then this week-end I decided it was time to organize my collection and sort them by type, size and intended use............thats when it hit. Every fly I had tied was completely different. They were so off that one fly didn't recognized the others in its little fly box section and I didn't either.
I began surfing the web and looking at helpful articles, wondering how to get a handle on my skills, before others were onto me. I found many articles titled "5 flies I always carry", "10 flies for the common man", "3 flies that catch everything", and on and on. So I'm wondering if we couldn't cover that here. Carrying less flies and in a couple sizes for each would mean a smaller fly box and it would also mean I'd be tying allot of flies, over and over, until I developed a more consistent product. Maybe some of your could even realize what I tied and that could be good.
Would you consider sharing what 5 flies, colors and sizes you might carry if you had to limit yourselves.?
I realize this is the Toothy Critters Page but could we break this into two categories of commonly encountered warmwater buddies? Panfish and larger predators (Bass and Pickerel) sounds about right. Perhaps the moderator will move this to the main page but we'll see.
I'll Start
Panfish:
Wooly worm, all colors 14-8
Royal Wulff, traditional. Grey 16,14
Prince,16
PMD, White or Pale yellow 16,20
ants, Black, red and black, red, 16,14,12,
Predators:
Wooly worm, black with red tail 8,6
Closer, White and green 10,8,6,4
Wolly Bugger, White, yellow, Black, 12, 10,8,6,4
Frog 6,8
Deciever, white and chartreuse 8,6,4
This allows me to avoid many detours that I take because I like them, such as a plethora of soft hackle that look the same after while.
I hope this isn't to imature for you 'Old Codgers'. I think it could be fun to see everyones choices.
I'm new to poor tying. I seem to be good at it though. It was suggested to me by encouraging folks that perhaps I should tie one fly over and over, until I get good at that one fly, learning to tie them accurately in different sizes while keeping the scale of the fly in line. Then learn the next and so on.
I denied to my self that I had any need for such practice as I had mastered the art of tying and was on my way to fly-tying fame. Then this week-end I decided it was time to organize my collection and sort them by type, size and intended use............thats when it hit. Every fly I had tied was completely different. They were so off that one fly didn't recognized the others in its little fly box section and I didn't either.
I began surfing the web and looking at helpful articles, wondering how to get a handle on my skills, before others were onto me. I found many articles titled "5 flies I always carry", "10 flies for the common man", "3 flies that catch everything", and on and on. So I'm wondering if we couldn't cover that here. Carrying less flies and in a couple sizes for each would mean a smaller fly box and it would also mean I'd be tying allot of flies, over and over, until I developed a more consistent product. Maybe some of your could even realize what I tied and that could be good.
Would you consider sharing what 5 flies, colors and sizes you might carry if you had to limit yourselves.?
I realize this is the Toothy Critters Page but could we break this into two categories of commonly encountered warmwater buddies? Panfish and larger predators (Bass and Pickerel) sounds about right. Perhaps the moderator will move this to the main page but we'll see.
I'll Start
Panfish:
Wooly worm, all colors 14-8
Royal Wulff, traditional. Grey 16,14
Prince,16
PMD, White or Pale yellow 16,20
ants, Black, red and black, red, 16,14,12,
Predators:
Wooly worm, black with red tail 8,6
Closer, White and green 10,8,6,4
Wolly Bugger, White, yellow, Black, 12, 10,8,6,4
Frog 6,8
Deciever, white and chartreuse 8,6,4
This allows me to avoid many detours that I take because I like them, such as a plethora of soft hackle that look the same after while.
I hope this isn't to imature for you 'Old Codgers'. I think it could be fun to see everyones choices.
