MAINE - Life in the Slow Lane
Was just thinking about your comment about 20 flies and thought what if it were only one. I thought maybe I'd choose a black wooly bugger which is generally what I end up with if it's really slow. Would you choose one of your three if you had to choose just one?
Just one?! No one can eat just one....
if I could only have one it would be either the WDH or the Usual. They both can be fished multiple ways and tie in multiple sizes and colors.
i fish the WDH more so I know it better, but the Usual is a much more versatile fly, I just need to fish it more.
For me one fly would be the Muddler Minnow, again as others have said it can be fished in many ways, as a streamer, as a dry or even as a nymph in a very small size.
See Yah
Lee
Lee you need to teach me how to fish that fly, I can tie them but I am yet to catch anything with them.
I didn't realize that the Wood Duck Heron was so unique to NH . When I was home looking for them in Maine I couldn't find any in the fly shops . Was kind of bummed out. Same as the old streamer patterns . None were tied with Jungle Cock eyes .
Yeah the WDH was invented in Manchvegas and never traveled too far. I am getting into tying the old patterns these days they seem to work much better for me, but the original recipes are hard to find. Fran Better's widow sent me a video of Fran tying his flies, amazing guy, I wish I had known him.
Quote by: KtboneYeah the WDH was invented in Manchvegas and never traveled too far. I am getting into tying the old patterns these days they seem to work much better for me, but the original recipes are hard to find. Fran Better's widow sent me a video of Fran tying his flies, amazing guy, I wish I had known him.
Pretty special to have his videos. I to have never met the man . Would have been nice to learn first hand from him .
PM me your address and I will send you a copy.
Quote by: KtbonePM me your address and I will send you a copy.
That would be awesome 
Learning from this post. Thanks. Had to look up the hydro. Looks very similar to my bead head caddis. I typically fish the hares ear as an emerger and will have to try the CDC type you guys are talking about.