List of flies.

[PlanktonBoy]

Can any of you fine bunch give me a list of like 10 fave flies that i could purchase.
Might seem a bit of a daft question but i had one go at fluff chucking last year and i am going to buy a bulk order of flies but dont know where to start.
I am using a 5/6 rod and will fish a few rivers for smallish trout and grayling, with the odd trip to lakes wich hold bigger trout.
Just ask if you need any more info.
Like i say i am really new to fluff chucking so i will need lots of info.

Paul

[monkey nuts]

im still very new too and iv only fished lakes so far , but iv noticed that white minky, montanas , cats whiskers, dawsons olives and buzzers do the buissness every where iv been. so id say thay are worth a look, iv even seen pike hit them many times
cheers john

[jack ruby]

(lakes)- -black,olive and red buzzers (a must in youre fly box)are pretty good on the floating line fished nice and slow.A black blakestone buzzer fished under a floss sight bob is deadly .Hoppers and daddies good when the fish are rising.Hares ears ,p t nymphs and crunchers with or without a goldhead are great flies river and lake .A diawl bach selection and a cull de canard selection a must. Some tiny dries black,(gnat)olive and white for the hard days.Lures -the list is endless and they all have there day.Tight lines!

[PlanktonBoy]

Cheerz people for the help i will give these flies a look.

[ctwhitelaw]

cats whiskers , vivas and buzzers is a good selection mate

[geejayy]

my fave's - river, dry, ( test)

march- aprilish - iron blue, black gnat, hawthorne,

may- june - fan wing mayfly,partridge hackle mayfly, hackle point mayfly, greywulf, red wulf, royal wulf,

june july august- wulfs, daddy long legs, g/h sedge , cinnamon sedge,

july august september - as above + sherry spinner, iron blue , bwo, houghton ruby,

these patterns cover just about everything, i found it best to either match the hatch or use a big tasty offering if they wern't riseing freely.

i don't know if the bwo's have recovered on the middle test but they were in short supply when i left in the late 90's , back in the 80's on a warm august night there would be swarms of them drifting upstream just b4 dusk , then dropping to the water.
almost as good to watch as the mayflys that would hatch through the day , chillout in the bushes over night then dance through the following afternoon before falling as spent to cover the water with their exausted bodys haveing spawned, provideing a veritable banquet for the trout and grayling that dwell there within.
, i should be still sat there now, quietly, on the river bank, either sharpening my scythe or checking my waders for leaks.
gently pondering on weather to cut the shallows in a bar or chequer board fashion this month.


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