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Why more fly patterns?
To have a specific pattern for
everything trout eat.
Flies should imitate both the appearance and
behavior of things trout eat. Anglers should
select their flies to imitate food items that the
trout (in a certain location and at a certain time)
are most likely eating; however, there can be
problems in doing this.
1. It is difficult to imagine what some flies were
designed to imitate. Many of them are labeled
with names that have nothing to do with the food
items they are intended to imitate - Blue Dun,
Adams, Trude, Blue Quill, for example. Most of
these types of flies are considered non-specific or
searching flies that were designed to imitate a wide
variety of trout food. We suppose you use them
when you don't know what you are trying to imitate
.
2. The flies that are named for the food item they
were intended to imitate - Green Drake, Quill
Gordon, for example, are usually for only for the
adult or dun stage of life. In many cases, the
larvae or nymphal stage and the egg layers or
spinners do not have specific imitations.
3. Believe it or not, there are some items of
trout food that do not have specific imitations
(that are commercially available) even though there
are thousands of trout flies available.
The process of selecting a fly to imitate a
specific aquatic insect at the appropriate stage
of life is complicated by names that can be
very misleading and the lack of specific
patterns.
To have a specific pattern for
everything trout eat.
Flies should imitate both the appearance and
behavior of things trout eat. Anglers should
select their flies to imitate food items that the
trout (in a certain location and at a certain time)
are most likely eating; however, there can be
problems in doing this.
1. It is difficult to imagine what some flies were
designed to imitate. Many of them are labeled
with names that have nothing to do with the food
items they are intended to imitate - Blue Dun,
Adams, Trude, Blue Quill, for example. Most of
these types of flies are considered non-specific or
searching flies that were designed to imitate a wide
variety of trout food. We suppose you use them
when you don't know what you are trying to imitate
.
2. The flies that are named for the food item they
were intended to imitate - Green Drake, Quill
Gordon, for example, are usually for only for the
adult or dun stage of life. In many cases, the
larvae or nymphal stage and the egg layers or
spinners do not have specific imitations.
3. Believe it or not, there are some items of
trout food that do not have specific imitations
(that are commercially available) even though there
are thousands of trout flies available.
The process of selecting a fly to imitate a
specific aquatic insect at the appropriate stage
of life is complicated by names that can be
very misleading and the lack of specific
patterns.
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Our purpose and intent was simple.
We wanted a specific fly pattern for everything trout eat.
When it came to aquatic insects, some of the various species where so
similar to each other that it would take a magnifying glass to determine the
difference. If we couldn't see much difference in them with the naked eye
we figured the trout couldn't either. In those cases, we selected one fly
that imitated more than one species. For example, we have one pattern
for both the Ephemerella infrequens and the inermis mayfly nymphs.
In other cases, there was a noticeable difference in species of the same
genus and in those cases we selected a specific pattern for each of the
species. For example, we have separate patterns for the duns of the
American March Brown and the Light Cahill even though both are
species of the Maccaffertium genus.
Names:
We named the flies for the food items they imitate. To help avoid
confusion, these flies were cross-referenced with both the common
names and scientific names. The results were specific fly patterns for
everything that is important to imitate for the entire United States. If you
know what the trout are eating (or at least most likely eating) using our
series of programs, tying a fly to closely imitates it is quite simple.
Quality:
We not only wanted to select patterns that imitates certain food items, we
wanted to select patterns that are better than most others. We wanted
each fly to look and act like the real thing as much as possible. This
resulted in flies that many would consider to be slightly more realistic than
most others. Our options were not unlimited because we wanted the
materials to be as natural and as economical as feasibly possible.
We also wanted the tying process to be as simple and easy as
possible and the flies to last a reasonable amount of time without
tearing up. The resulted in "Perfect Flies".
We wanted a specific fly pattern for everything trout eat.
When it came to aquatic insects, some of the various species where so
similar to each other that it would take a magnifying glass to determine the
difference. If we couldn't see much difference in them with the naked eye
we figured the trout couldn't either. In those cases, we selected one fly
that imitated more than one species. For example, we have one pattern
for both the Ephemerella infrequens and the inermis mayfly nymphs.
In other cases, there was a noticeable difference in species of the same
genus and in those cases we selected a specific pattern for each of the
species. For example, we have separate patterns for the duns of the
American March Brown and the Light Cahill even though both are
species of the Maccaffertium genus.
Names:
We named the flies for the food items they imitate. To help avoid
confusion, these flies were cross-referenced with both the common
names and scientific names. The results were specific fly patterns for
everything that is important to imitate for the entire United States. If you
know what the trout are eating (or at least most likely eating) using our
series of programs, tying a fly to closely imitates it is quite simple.
Quality:
We not only wanted to select patterns that imitates certain food items, we
wanted to select patterns that are better than most others. We wanted
each fly to look and act like the real thing as much as possible. This
resulted in flies that many would consider to be slightly more realistic than
most others. Our options were not unlimited because we wanted the
materials to be as natural and as economical as feasibly possible.
We also wanted the tying process to be as simple and easy as
possible and the flies to last a reasonable amount of time without
tearing up. The resulted in "Perfect Flies".
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