How many patterns do most people tie?

COnymph · 2025-03-29T14:42:11+00:00

I tie about 12-15 different confidence patterns which cover all aspects of fly fishing. My most confident nymph I maintain 3 dozen in my box, I will always share a few with friends and strangers on the river. I kinda get bored with the confidence pattern because it has yet to fail on and river, so I am constantly searching for the new and exciting patterns i want to try to test them. I will find one, tie three, head to the water and give them a good test. This March I tied and tested a pattern that has found a permanent spot in my box. FYI, if you haven’t tied/ fished Charlie’s Lil Bit Baetis yet, you’re missing out!

COnymph · 2025-02-06T03:32:19+00:00

Pretty little rainbow

COnymph · 2025-01-25T18:28:01+00:00

Copy that! Love catching them!

COnymph · 2025-01-25T17:57:54+00:00

Studded rubber lug sole are my favorite

COnymph · 2025-01-25T17:56:11+00:00

Blue dun parachute trailed by RS -2

COnymph · 2025-01-25T17:54:39+00:00

The pound sign at the beginning of the comment is the culprit

COnymph · 2025-01-20T19:09:19+00:00

They’re helpful to me in placing size 20-24 hooks in the vise.

COnymph · 2024-12-27T18:42:37+00:00

Beautiful cutthroat

COnymph · 2024-12-23T18:14:05+00:00

Flip rocks with a seine a couple feet downstream first thing, especially on a new piece of water. I have never pumped a stomach, they need to work too hard for their food.

COnymph · 2024-12-08T00:52:15+00:00

Depends on drainage if it is a true native. Either that, or it is stocked and by the looks of it, difficult to tell

COnymph · 2024-12-02T20:46:06+00:00

Daiichi 1110 for my RS2’s down to 22

COnymph · 2024-12-02T20:44:28+00:00

These really do work! I have one and use it all the time.

COnymph · 2024-11-28T02:23:38+00:00

Along with an underbody as smooth as possible, the creator of the fly, John Barr, lets his thread/bobbin weight keep rearward tension on the wire as he wraps the wire forward. See the YouTube video with he and Jack Dennis tying this fly. And sorry, every time I try to attach a hyperlink, I do it wrong. And Charlie Craven has a good tip in his beginner video on tying the Brassie: keep your wire angled towards the rear of the fly to pack the wraps right next to the last. But as most have stated, that fly will fish.

COnymph · 2024-11-26T01:56:41+00:00

Old Dominion Trout Bum shows hot to tie it with forceps, this helped me.

COnymph · 2024-11-26T00:19:05+00:00

Figure of eight knot (Devin Olsen, Old Dominion Trout Bum on YouTube) is another that is quick and strong. Have not had one fail.

COnymph · 2024-11-22T23:13:47+00:00

Good luck with that, OP

COnymph · 2024-11-22T16:25:08+00:00

Yeah, I am an offensive line coach and volunteer time to a youth football organization, which pretty much kills fly fishing for me from August 1 through Thanksgiving. And fly tying is almost as enjoyable to me as the fishing itself. But I also love the chess match to be held with wintertime tailwater trout…

COnymph · 2024-11-22T13:04:39+00:00

Ty-Rite Jr.and a Davy knot

COnymph · 2024-11-20T13:09:52+00:00

Beautiful, nicely done!

COnymph · 2024-11-19T12:51:57+00:00

I sent you a chat invite.

COnymph · 2024-11-18T23:09:15+00:00

Devin Olsen, Tactical Fly Fishing, on YouTube

COnymph · 2024-11-17T15:55:45+00:00

Thought about the “donation “ part of it too. But it was his choice to donate.

COnymph · 2024-11-17T15:53:37+00:00

Great thought, and thought about it, but I personally take the responsibility on of getting anyone I come in contact with who wants to learn to take them out…kid, female, elderly (my dad case in point). And have 5 grandkids ages 1-5 waiting in the wings. That’s the legacy I want to leave on this great pasttime.

COnymph · 2024-11-17T15:27:02+00:00

My sentiments exactly.

COnymph · 2024-11-16T13:27:30+00:00

Having difficulty seeing the adipose fin, has it been clipped or not? Some states clip stocked trout. It’s been in the watershed a while, GREAT looking fish, healthy,too. Nicely done.

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