Fly Identification help..

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2009/08/21 20:56:55 (permalink)

Fly Identification help..

Ok gentlemen I need a little help...
I haven't Fly Fished or tied since 1985 when I lived in Colorado.
I am thinking about getting a small Flyrod for trout and got out my old fly box..
Here's my dilema I have no clue what flies I have here and if they are effective here..
I'll post some pics and can use all the help I can get..Thanks..BING

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#2. this looks to be on a sz #18 hook.



#3



#4.


#5.


#6.

post edited by bingsbaits - 2009/08/21 20:57:26

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    Cold
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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/21 21:12:09 (permalink)
    1) Bivisible, should work just fine.

    2) Looks like a little woolly worm, great pattern for trout and panfish

    3)Extended-body...something. They're dries, not sure what type though.

    4)Looks like mosquitoes

    5)Blue duns

    6) Not sure. Looks like another woolly worm, but tailless.
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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/21 22:30:49 (permalink)
    6) griffiths gnat?

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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/22 00:24:19 (permalink)
    That is really a strange group of flies you have there.

    1. Looks like a wooly worm, but with a floss body.

    2. Looks kind of like a bee.

    3. Not sure.

    4. Mosquito, with a floss or thread body.

    5. ?

    6. A poorly proportioned wooly worm.

    The Bee looking fly looks like it may of came from one of those cheap fly assortment like they would sell at K Mart years ago.

    Any fly can catch fish at one time or another, especially when fished subsurface. In all honesty, I wouldn't center a trout fishing trip around these flies. But if it was all I had, I think I could catch a few on these.
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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/22 08:01:14 (permalink)
    I'll put up another half dozen pics later..Thanks...

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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/24 16:10:03 (permalink)
     
    #6 is a griffith gnat. you have the macro zoom so close the peacock herl looks like chennille or maybe tied with ostrich herl..

    #4 & #5 are a general black gnat patterns. one has a dubbed body while the other looks to be a shellaced body with ribbing.

    #2 looks to be a gnat also but with a red tail. i use a pattern like this but without the wings. it works well on rainbows both as a dry fly pattern or a wet fly. rainbows are drawn to red in my opinion.

    #1 isn't anything i could put a name on. maybe a home made pattern of orange floss, badger and black hackle. most likely used as a wet fly. i'd try it on brook trout waters.
     
    right now during this warm period the gnat pattern in small sizes should work well on mountain streams. i was out last sunday and caught 2 hold over browns on a black gnat pattern i tie.
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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/24 21:23:13 (permalink)
    #1 might be a Bloody Butcher.

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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/25 00:26:00 (permalink)
    thanks double I could have sworn that 6 was a griffiths gnat jsut not tied with typical colors

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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/25 12:18:05 (permalink)
    Bing,

    Ditto on most of DoubleTaper's comments.


    #1 would work well fished as a wet fly after a stocking, or during May (around sulphur time)

    #5 Appear to be Blue Duns. Fish them in the early season. End of March - April. They would work well fished on top, but swung as a wet fly would probably produce better results.

    #6 Griffith's Gnat tied with an Olive Ostrich Herl body. A great midge dry fly pattern fished year round.


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    RE: Fly Identification help.. 2009/08/25 12:22:09 (permalink)
    In terms of floating/sinking/absorbing water...how does ostrich herl compare to peacock?
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