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My 12 “go to” trout flies in 2019

December 27, 2019 By Tom Sadler

During this post Christmas, pre-New Year lull I started working on reorganizing my fly boxes. It is a semi seasonal ritual that I undertake as my days on the water guiding start to reveal the flaws in my previous attempts.

As I contemplated the various organizational options, my mind wandered off and started thinking about the flies I used the most often. Before that fleeting recollection vanished, I wrote them down here.

  • Parachute Madam X
  • Parachute BWO
  • Parachute Pheasant Tail
  • Japanese Beetle
  • Kreelex
  • Golden Retriever
  • Slump Buster
  • Conehead Wooly Bugger
  • Jig head Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph
  • Jig head Pheasant Tail Nymph
  • CK Nymph
  • Guides Choice Nymph

These are what I used in no particular order or frequency other than I grouped them, dries, streamers, and nymphs. The sizes, weight and colors varied depending on location and conditions. And there were other patterns that I used as location and conditions dictated a change from my “go tos.” But day in and day out, these were the patterns I turned to, because they consistently caught fish for my clients.

Filed Under: Cool Tips, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Instruction, Mossy Creek Fly Fishing Tagged With: flies, trout

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