Del:
IMHO the more you add to a starter box the more likely you are to confuse the poor (or lucky) starter. From the looks of it, this is one lucky starter! I wish I had that assortment when I started (but I would have been admittedly confused!).
That being said, my go-to 'gill fly is a black bead head wolly bugger with a couple turns of yellow or chartreuse chennile at the hook bend and a little marabou of the same color added to the black marabou in the tail and tied on a #8 or 10 dry fly hook.........easy to cast, easy to fish, and easy to feel a strike........
Kev
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [VFB] Starter Fly Box Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:16:40 EST
I have been asked to create a starter flybox for an inspiring angler. My friends son wants to get started into Fly Fishing. He just got a rod and reel setup and 2 fly boxes for Christmas and now needs some "go to" flies in the boxes. Here is what I got for him a starter assortment: Dries Black Gnats Adams Lt. Cahills Wulffs (White, Royal, Adams) Stimulators (Yellow, Olive, Orange) Humpies (Red, Green, Yellow) EHCs (Tan, Black, Brown, Olive) Nymphs G.R.H.Es (Black, Natural, Olive) Pheasant Tails (Natural, Black, Olive) Soft Hackles (Orange, Green, Red) Streamers Wooly Buggers(Black, Olive, Rust) Terestrials Foam Hoppers( Green, Tan, Yellow) Foam Beetles (Black, Green) Ants, Flying and Spent (Black, Red/Cinn)
I think that this will be a good starter set for him, as most of these
flies are time proven and catch fish here and in the nearby mountains. I have
also thrown in a few patterns that have proven themselves that I tie, such as
my Fluro Green Bead Body Soft Hackle and my One Hackle. I have them all
packaged up and plan to give them to him in a few weeks, since his birthday is next
month.
What would you all sugest to add, if anything? He will be fishing lakes
and ponds for 'gills, and streams for trout.
Del
