Reply With QuoteDry:
#16 RAB
#16 Klinkhammer special
#14 Elk Hair Caddis
#14 Mayfly imitation
Wet:
#16 CDC hot spot nymph
#14 ZAK
#16 Soft Hackle (Guinea fowl)
Steelhead
Top7 flies for Cape Streams
Hi
If you had to choose only 7 flies for the Cape Streams, what would they be.
Only 7, two sizes of one fly counts as two.
So, 7 essentials and their size, let see what comes up
Heres my list, probably left off some important stuff ??
Dry
#14 Elk hair caddis (no hackle) dark
#16 Elk Hair Caddis (no hackle) light
#18 Moustique Black
#12 Black Beetle
Wet
#16 Soft hackle (partridge) lightly weighted
#22 Soft hackle very sparse starling
#20 Flashback hotspot nymph
Regards
Craig
Steelhead
Dry:
#16 RAB
#16 Klinkhammer special
#14 Elk Hair Caddis
#14 Mayfly imitation
Wet:
#16 CDC hot spot nymph
#14 ZAK
#16 Soft Hackle (Guinea fowl)
Rudolph
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Steelhead
Mmm yes, the RAB, Klinkhammer & ZAK are importantOriginally Posted by Rendier
Regards
Craig
Steelhead
RAB in 7 different sizes
Beadhead PTN (hotspot) in 7 different sizes
= Hammer fish.
Steelhead
for nymphs
Gold bead hare's ear with orange hotspot.
Do the hare's ear dubbing in black, tan, olive and that is the only nymph you will need. Size #14 and 16.
Korrie Broos
Don't go knocking on Death's door, ring the bell and run like hell. He hates it. (anon)
Nymphing, adds depth to your fly fishing.
Nymphing, is fly fishing in another dimension
Steelhead
Here's mine
#18 Al Troth's Elk hair caddis standard
#18 My Quil-bodied CDC Klinki Brown/Black
#18 My Quil-bodied general parachute mayfly
#14 RAB Olive/Red
#16 Ed's Hopper
#18 Tungsten beaded PTN
#16 Patridge Soft hackle unweighted
Steelhead
I would choose:
#16 Black/Grizzly Para-Adams
#16 Black Para-Rock Caddis
#14 CDL Para-RAB
#14 CDC Klinkhammer
#14 CDC & Elk
#12 3.5mm Tungsten ZAK
#18 2mm Tungsten ZAK
Around the steel no tortur'd worm shall twine, No blood of living insect stain my line;
Let me, less cruel, cast feather'd hook, With pliant rod athwart the pebbled brook,
Silent along the mazy margin stray, And with fur-wrought fly delude the prey
Steelhead
#14-16 Black para mayfly
#16-20 Iron-blue dun
#12-16 Royal Wulff
#16-18 Elk hair caddis
#14 Joe's/Dave's/Ed's Hopper
#14 Daddy long-legs
#12-14 Holsloot moth (or anything mothy in light olive)
"Innocence is a wild trout. But we humans, being complicated, have to pursue innocence in complex ways" - Datus Proper
Steelhead
Dries
#12 RAB
#18 Para Adams (Gray Body, Fluoro Red Post)
Nymphs
#16 Zak (Dark Tungsten Bead)
#16 PTN (Brown, Gold Bead)
Terrestrials
#6 MSA Hopper
#12 Stimulator (Olive Body, Orange Head) - my general purpose searching fly...
Streamers
#10 Fritz (Black / Green)
Those that just missed out...
#18 CDC & Elk (Bleached Elk, Black CDC)
#18 Hotspot (UV Black, Orange Bead)
Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery element are made for wise men to contemplate, and for fools to pass by without consideration - Izaak Walton
Steelhead
#6 Ma Se Hopper? Holy Crap that is a big boy!! I haven't had the guts to tie one bigger than a 12!
"So here’s my point. Don’t go and get your ego all out of proportion because you can tie a fly and catch a fish that’s dumb enough to eat a car key.." - Louis Cahill - Gink and Gasoline
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