the actual 12 flies you would take with you in your box

[flyI4]

You always hear the "12 flies" you'd take to fish all the time discussion and a lot of times I feel like the flies mentioned are a little generic. The adams, the HE, ect. Not that they don't work, but when I'm honest with myself those don't fall the top 12. Let's see what people are really using

1. Rs2
2 Cdc caddis
3 Iso comparadun
4 Small snow shoe bwo(sparse)
5 White/blue deceiver in a sz 2
6 Same in black and flash
7 pheasant tail (just in case they arent rising)..its really only nymph u need
8 Rusty Spinner (hackle style wing)
9 lafontaine caddis pupa
10 Hendrickson cripple
11 Sulpher comparadun
12My all time favorite griffiths gnat

 

[Simms]

I guess I am a little generic:

Here is my list, in no particular order of importance:

1: Hotwire prince (red/yellow)
2. rs2
3. Rubber leg hares ear
3. Ausable Ugly
4. Sirloin
5. BH Golden Stone done in all wire
6. ice caddis pupa
7. parachute Hendrickson
8. Elk hair caddis
9. red quil
10. Amazon ant
11. "chubby"
12. rainbow warrior

 

[tomk6251]

In alpha order, one from the flybox of: Aaron, AK, Andy, Dave W, Jake, Jaybird, Johnny U, GLech, Matt, Mike, and Vinnie, followed with the last thing I learned to tye at the RRTU fly tying night (coming up Dec 20).

 

[G Lech]

In alpha order, one from the flybox of: Aaron, AK, Andy, Dave W, Jake, Jaybird, Johnny U, GLech, Matt, Mike, and Vinnie, followed with the last thing I learned to tye at the RRTU fly tying night (coming up Dec 20).

F.Y.I "G" becomes before "J"
LOL, cool post!

 

[Trout Fever]

lech post a picture of the BH Golden Stone done in all wire

 

[AKSkim]

Adams Parachute.
Adams
Light Cahill
Usual

Partridge and Orange
Snow Shoe Emerger
Teeny Nymph

A chunk of Valveeta cheese on a bare hook

Thats it.

They don't work, I will find a rock and wait for high tide.

 

[DoubleHaul]

butt monkey
circus peanut
battenkill shiner
mickey finn
stonefly nymph black
Ausable Ugly
snowshoe/elk hair emerger
ausable wulff
RS2
Stimulator
Czech Nymphs
Pheasant tail

as you can see from my selections, I don't fish the big D. You can tell that Simms and I are from the same area too.

Sulphur emerger & Olive emerger as my 2 wild cards. We do get 2 wild cards right?

 

[trico mike]

I never liked these types of threads. The 12 flies I would bring would all depend on the river and the time of year. I wouldn't bring the same 12 flies to the farmington in april as I would to the letort in july. If I had to pin down a few of my go to flies they would be olive pheasant tail, pop top midge emerger, brushed shuck caddis, cdc caddis, carry special, olive bugger,orange ant, cream midge, yellow caddis larva, cdc olive emerger and some type of grass hopper.

 

[G Lech]

the letort in july .

Letort in July: hopper or ant x12. That's all you need.
I think about our last trip up there on a daily basis.

hopper go drift drift drift drift.....

SMACK! All day!

 

[trico mike]

Ain't you suppose to be workin?

 

[G Lech]

Ain't you suppose to be workin?

I am! In the office today

 

[trico mike]

Heading up the beach in a few crushed again 2 nights ago.

 

[G Lech]

Heading up the beach in a few crushed again 2 nights ago.

Save some for me and try not to get blown away. Winds is insane today!!!

 

[Trout Nazi]

1. Mercers Stone
2. PT
3. Mercers Micro May
4. Bird of Prey
5. Barrs Caddis Nymph
6. The Ass Hat
7. BWO
8. Rusty Spinner
9. Peacock Caddis
10. Sulpher Sparkledun
11. Iso Parachute
12. Black foam Beetle

 

[Johnny Utah]

This is a silly question. You act like any fly fisherman, would ever dare go on the water without a thousand different flies on them.

 

[LyNcH]

Since the theme appears to be bugs for trout......12 flies......even though I'll have hundreds more, here is goes.....

The Usual
Parachute madam X
Elk hair caddis
Klinkhammer adams
Ausable bomber
Tabou caddis
Ausable ugly
<ACRONYM title="Pale Morning Dun">PMD</ACRONYM> Barr emerger
Pheasant tail
Prince nymph
Zug bug
Copper John

So, the next question.
If you could only have 2 flies from your list of 12, one dry and one wet, what would it be?

For me:

The Usual, with a PMD Barr emerger as the dropper.