Whats your Favourite Fly?

[tagman]

What is your favourite fly, and why?

Mine is a Silver Doctor as i used one to catch my first ever Sea Trout on Dartmoor when i was a nipper :1a:, it weighed about half a pound but the memories of that fish will always stay with me.

[SeaDonkey]

I mainly fish stillwaters so its got to one of my own tied goldhead montana variants :notworthy

[penn2]

mines one of my own patterns called the Brownie Midge
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii193/fluffchucker67/IMG_0146.jpg
its tied on a size 26 hook
stripped ostrich herl body and the tinyist black hackle you can find.
use it for 90% of my still water fishing.
it works very well on stocked waters when there are fish rising,normally out fishes anything else and perfect for wild browns.
taken rainbows to 9lb 9oz and wild browns to 7lb 2oz
saltwater fly any form of skinny deciever.

[captainmorgans1]

I have caught brown,blue, rainbow & sea trout on this fly, it is an alrounder. For a cast of three flies professor, soldier palmer and black pennel could outfish any other three flies for brownies in my opinion:sun:

[Bin]

My favourite fly has to be the Connemara Black. An excellent fly for browns and rainbows on any stillwater in Wales.
It's a difficult decision just picking one fly so here a few of my other choice patterns.
Clan Chief
Bibio
Fiery Brown
Coch-y-bonddu

Bin

[edd the eel lee]

My favourite fly has to be the Connemara Black. An excellent fly for browns and rainbows on any stillwater in Wales.
It's a difficult decision just picking one fly so here a few of my other choice patterns.
Clan Chief
Bibio
Fiery Brown
Coch-y-bonddu

Bin

quite like house fly myself bin tight lines lee

[Bin]

I get lots of them if I forget to put my squid in the freezer.
Bin

[flounder_al]

My most successful and i suppose fave are daddy patterns and also bloodworm patterns.

But i like the look of Penn2's Brown Midge pattern.

[tagman]

mines one of my own patterns called the Brownie Midge
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii193/fluffchucker67/IMG_0146.jpg
its tied on a size 26 hook
stripped ostrich herl body and the tinyist black hackle you can find.
use it for 90% of my still water fishing.
it works very well on stocked waters when there are fish rising,normally out fishes anything else and perfect for wild browns.
taken rainbows to 9lb 9oz and wild browns to 7lb 2oz
saltwater fly any form of skinny deciever.

Size 26 thats really small!

[tack4]

well for me got to be buzzers

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d88/thetacks/buzz2Medium.jpg

[roamer]

i like fishing naturals,but will never be without a montana that have had a little tweek here and there,little silver rib with a
palmered hen hackle to represent legs.
from the end of september i use only a daddy which has a gold tinsil body with big coch a bonddu hackle no legs needed.

[pout-king]

don't remember the name but it was a black tinhead with hackles and a short yellow tail. caught a few chub on the blythe near coleshill on it.

[ickypimp]

phesant tail and peacock herl nymph tied with emerger wings

salt water a small clousers minnow in chartreuse and white

[Mackeminexile]

Caught loads of wild Brownies as a young lad in the late eighties fishing the River Eden nr Appleby with a Snipe and Purple on the dropper and a Cinnamon Sedge on the tail...

Ahhh memories:marinheir

[Doppelganger]

im a huge fan of black spider, midge and bibio patterns, mainly because I fish clear still waters and fish these flys either on or just below the surface.

having said that, ive had a few fish on daddy patterns too, but not wieghted.

[hui 5016]

didnay know this was ere

mines are zulu,,the red 1 of course and kate mclaren,,:)

[ickypimp]

Caught loads of wild Brownies as a young lad in the late eighties fishing the River Eden nr Appleby with a Snipe and Purple on the dropper and a Cinnamon Sedge on the tail...

Ahhh memories:marinheir

snipe and purple.... propper yorkshire fly that and the partridge and orange .. classics

[Bin]

Thank heaven no-one has mentioned blobs, boobies or any other flies of satan.:punk:
There's hope for us all yet.

Tight lines

Bin

[alan t]

I think mine is a black gnat for dry and the montana nymph for wet.

[steveboy]

got to be blood worm buzzer caught my biggest trout on one of these 12lb at lechlade

[igo.t.crabbs]

montana / orange just after a rain deluge on a still water or montana/ green on an early am clear water venue..............thirdly a green nymph pulled fast and furious in the first two feet of water around september time

[Doppelganger]

Thank heaven no-one has mentioned blobs, boobies or any other flies of satan.:punk:
There's hope for us all yet.

Tight lines

Bin

trout fisherman recently did a screeching U turn on blobs and now are claiming theyre ate the cutting edge of design! quite different from the fire and brimstone sermons against 'yobs with blobs' of a few years ago. i never use blobs but have been known to use a booby when going after old dogs. never caught any mind you.

[tight-liner]

WSW if fishing still water lochs,and a caddis elk hair for the rivers as a top fly with a buzzer or a dawai bach at the point.
Do like the midges for dry flying.

[borntofishforcedtowork]

Red holographic dia bach...by far my most productive fly

[AndyS]

I have a favourite brown and orange minkie that always seems to catch when all else fails!

[GO GO GADGET]

black nomad fished near the surface, when the fish are rising but wont take your dries, tie one of these on and strip it back. Works to great effect at lockwood beck.

[Bin]

Wickhams Fancy or Silver Invicta or Kingfisher Butcher..

Memories of childhood and little Wesh hill streams...caught my best ever Aled Brownie on the Wickhams..I can still remember the cast, the take, the fight and the landing..it was 14 oz and thirty years ago!!

At last. A gentleman angler.
And pretty good at quizzes too.

[milkman]

For Stillwater, a Daddy for a dry and a Montana for a wet..........and an Orange Fritz when all else fail's!

For Freshwater, a Spider or a Blue Charm

[peachie 48]

I have 2. The Goats Toe when fishing those magic loughs of South Uist.
It has caught me Sea Trout to 6lb and Salmon to 9lb, the place is a fishermans paradise.

Allies cascade size 12 treble used every year during my week on the river Drowes in Co Leitrim. The river was bare bones this year but it still took 3 fine grilse and is a great fly. This river is a gem and a weeks salmon fishing will set you back less than a couple of visits to my:clap2: local put and take fisheries.

[lobbit]

dry black spider ,
will catch anything on any water simple black hackles and a slim tied black body on a 16-12 wire hook

[rockhoppa]

I have caught brown,blue, rainbow & sea trout on this fly, it is an alrounder. For a cast of three flies professor, soldier palmer and black pennel could outfish any other three flies for brownies in my opinion:sun:

dont forget the humble bibio and its many variants.like yourself i dont think you can beat those soldier palmers:clap:i used to use a variant with a hen hackle and flat gold rib and more of a light claret body dubbing and no tail.
now we used to catch loads of fish down here when using those afore mentioned fly's as a combo with a skiny stick or a similar pt nymph, daiwalhbach variant (excuse the spelling)on the point fly :thumbs:
i would advise anyone who fishes on a wild open water to try a similar combination when there's a bit of ripple and wind lanes showing using a figure of eight retrieve especialy with cloud cover and dare the fish not to take!!!!!
i know that you will be pleasantly surprised:fishing:
and so captainmorgans i think you're spot on with a soldier palmer and a dark spider pattern but thats what used to work down here and only goes to show how differant locations have similar results so go on and give them a go all the best ben

[Fiiish1987]

I like boobys! :clap2:
sorry, i had a childish moment!

Best fly for me has to be a good old pheasant tail nymph.
I know they're out of fashion but I find baby dolls are pretty reliable as well

[Goosey]

Dry: Tiny black gnat on river or lake, Wet: skinny black and red (cheeked) buzzer. Bloodworms are great in the winter - caught one just before Christmas last year after the lake owner broke the ice with his boat so that we could fish! (Stowting, Kent).

[squidster]

Hi guys, without a doubt for stillwater trout, mine would have to be a nice sparsely tied 'Diawl Bach' with a thin pearly rib instead of copper or gold wire. I've always tied my own and this pattern has caught me more fish than any other, if the fish are being a bit picky - I just use the same pattern on a smaller hook size - can't go wrong

On the river, it would be a pheasant tail nymph, with one or two turns of brownish red hen hackle to match body colour. I think this pattern is a geat all-round representation of many food items

cheers, :bye1:

[JayP]

CDC and Elk on the rivers or GRHE, Apps bloodworm on the ressies or a black Nomad, Bonito candy in the sea.

[salmon bob]

Mines got to be a flamethrower for salmon fishing absolutely deadly

[MARTYB]

hairs ear on round shanked hook and its got to be the ness c for the salmon. which is just a small cascade with a couple of purple strands and as a back up a wee stoats tale or white ghost.

[sniggle]

Gold ribbed hares ear for the trout and a silver stoats tail for seatrout and salmon.

[-Scott-V-]

I used to make up my own patterns af all kinds of flies when i was 12 onwards, used to take them along the river during school lunch break and sell them to the fishermen :fishing:

I liked hoppers, dries and my fuzzy bumbles and wickoms....they were great in Uist :)

[MERLIN 1]

Saltwater............Chartreuse/White, Clouser Minnow.

Stillwater............G.R.H.E

River..................Black Gnat

:)

[Salmon slayer]

got to be a muddler or ace of spades for rainbows or muddler for sea trout and ally shrimp for salmon or a wille gunne

[Sleep1981]

If all else fails, put on the Montana!

[STAN M]

On the salmon water I take about three or four boxes of flies, no idea why, every time, for 30 years plus, stoats tail or thunder stoat (in varying sizes to suit water). If that does not work and light is going down, GP or shrimp fly. Tends to work now and then

[Fredo]

Brown trout......Black Zulu
Sea trout.....Peter Ross (or a Sunraw shadow in the sea)
Salmon......um....also carry far too many but I have a liking for wee coneheads and bottle tubes (half inch or less)

[longlands legend]

ace of spades and muddlers all the way

[catch the cauld]

kate mclaren or one of my own damsels:)

[steyrman]

hi for salmon in ireland a yellow shrimp one of the best had 8 salmon on it last year for scotland it would be a cascade copper tube or a baby flame bottle tube i have use them on the spey for the last two years with great results a lot depends river levels

[Nick Plum]

If all else fails, put on the Montana! Works for me as well mate. Although when on the river during a sedge hatch its INVICTA. or during a mayfly hatch GREY WULFF. both work on stillwaters. at the right time.:)

[ZAGMAN]

Dawsons Olive for me :)

Caught me a bundle of lovely big rainbows over the years, fished just subsurface and stripped fast they go mental for them!

[huw pugh]

One that catches fish!
Got to be the montana, without a doubt unbeatable in my opinion. Also an olive hears ear nymph, an awsome little fly.
Black and green has to take some beating tho!

[Salmon slayer]

these are all very good flies it all depends on where you fish

[keith-t]

Salmon:stoats tail/ ally's shrimp
Sea trout: Teal Blue and silver
Brown trout: black spider
Rainbow trout:dark damsel/ black buzzer
grayling:goldhead red tag

All tied sparse, most commercial flies are tied like bog brushes and the other advantage of tying your own is you can add subtle little changes that maybe give you confidence but don't affect the fly eg holo tinsel instead of "ordinary"

[mick dunn]

I have caught the majority of my fish on either black or gold fritz. Mind this now my third season and i am still learning. Later in the season i will be experimenting with different flies and methods. I can now put three on a long trace and cast a good distance. Recently lost a nice fish on my point fly (is this the one at the end). Used a black wet fly with small gold head which just holds it under the surface.
Mick ps i am also buying trout magazines to wise up.

[tamby180]

A size 16 clyde style black spider with a flash of silver through the body has to be my favourite. It never fails down the local river.

[CrackersUK]

My favourites are

Viva

Montana's

Dry Daddy

[PuddleSplasher]

The Damsel!!!

[mrribbon1]

im very new to fly fishing and tying but i have to pitch in with my fav too.

so far for me most productive have been black buzzer/brassie buzzer patterns,
then nymphs (pheasant/hares ear)

but im starting to enjoy tying as much as fishing and i love the natural looking ptterns. its fascinating learning about all the debates! pple turning red with steam coming outta their ears because of wool indicators and fancy fluffy, luminous lures etc..!! what a laugh huh!

i pefer the patterns which immitate natural insects etc and the above have done best for me so far.

iv caught oe fish on a self tied fly...........a blummin roach!!! was nice hough, well over 1lb! a roach though!! :sneaky2:

[PuddleSplasher]

I prefer anything that catches the Bows:oops::oops: