Del, That's a lot of flies, but he'll go through them pretty quick, learning how to cast and fish them. He'll ornament quite a few trees and underwater stumps before he gets the hang of it. Might want to think of a starter TYING kit to follow up the starter box of flies.
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin W. Machon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 1:19 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Starter Fly Box > 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 > > >
