Only three flies?

[bikerfish]

adams, hares ear, bugger.

 

[InTheMend]

1. Frenchie / Quill nymph I made up - It's a tie
2. Al's Rat - It catches fish from PA to Wyoming, and it can be fished in every way imaginable...
3. Any kind of Scud, from weighted to unweighted

Dry Fly - Griffith's Gnat

Streamer - Yuk Bug

 

[PatrickC]

I'd be willing to fish just about any stream with nothing but an Olive Woolly Bugger and a Hare's Ear. I don't even care what the 3rd fly is ;-) I guess probably a scud, but I can see good arguments for a Royal Wulff or Coachman as well. I love the Rat idea as well. A stimulator, yea, you never go wrong with those. Well anyway, I would likely never need the 3rd...

 

[StarvinMarvin]

Split nymph
Beadhead flashback pheasant tail
Hares ear soft hackle
EHC would be the dry

 

[shakey]

peacock and whatever hackle
partridge and whatever.
prince nymph.

if i had to cheat ,the easy way,and fish visually with a dry,i'd probably use an EHC or a wooly worm tied light enough to float,or not.

 

[Chaz]

#12 Royal Wullf
# 8 Royal Wullf
#14 green caddis

 

[TimMurphy]

shakey wrote:
peacock and whatever hackle
partridge and whatever.
prince nymph.

if i had to cheat ,the easy way,and fish visually with a dry,i'd probably use an EHC or a wooly worm tied light enough to float,or not.

Dear shakey,

I love you man! ;-)

You are as honest as the day is long, and that is a rare thing anymore.

Regards,

Tim Murphy

 

[shakey]

what a very nice and kind post.thank you so much!

 

[tomgamber]

Adams
Bugger
Hare's ear.

Pretty much still all I fish with the option of changing color and size (thus making them something with a different name). You could go your whole life do well with those patterns and variations.

 

[Biggie]

soft hackle hare's ear green weenie olive bugger dry=small ant (I could put on a split shot and fish it wet too)

 

[StarvinMarvin]

It's funny this question was asked as I was asked by a buddy this week, if I could only use one fly the rest of my life what would it be?
This is really enjoyable read.

 

[fly_doggie]

PT
Serendipity
Black GRHE
Elk Hair Caddis or Parachute Adams

That's that!

 

[tailingloop]

Black Bugger
Olive Bugger
Bead Head Pheasant Tail
Parachute Adams

I have tons of patterns but I use these 90% of the time.

 

[Twofly]

Polish Woven Nymph
Prince
Baron
Elk Hair Caddis