Wayne, Your question needs to be narrowed down a bit. Will you be fishing in creeks, rivers, or lakes? East-coast trout take a little bit different fare than Rocky-mountain trout, but many patterns will overlap.
In 34 years of trout-fishing in the rockies, I have never settled down on a set number of patterns, as I've had great days and been skunked on other days with each one. What I do, and it's much easier now with the internet and local shop web-sites, is contact a local shop for the waters you want to fish, and just ask them. Tell them what water, the time of year, ask about hatches, species, and what their guides use (sometimes they won't tell you, or they'll fib). http://www.wyomingflyfishing.com/northplatteriverfishingreports.aspx is the fishing page of a local fly shop. They cover about 6 main local waters, and offer information about flows, hatches, weather, effective flies, etc. They can also tell you if there are indigenous food like sculpins and mysis shrimp, or scuds and what colors are working. Hope this helps. It's why you are a fly tier and not a fly buyer. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Blake-Hedges To: virtual flybox Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:58 AM Subject: [VFB] RE: Trout flies Hi All; One of my goals for 2011 is to get into flyfishing for trout on a regular basis. What would be a good selection of flies to start with for trout fishing? Wayneb -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
