ultimate trout dry fly collection

[akfishgyd]

how 'bout the renegade and the spruce trude ? you guys are giving me some great ideas! thanks for starting this thread ..

[Scott V]

Stimulator with orange legs. Or as so many have told me and it turns out to be pretty true "it's the sierra's, anything will work". But my preference is to throw stimulators with orange legs in a size 12 or 14. The bigger they are the easier it is to see for me.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

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Everyone has a few old favorites that they fish with confidence.

When I started selling flies in a sporting goods store in the 1970 many of today's flies did not exist.

In fact many of the flies we had then are not around anymore.

We fished the standard upright Adams dry fly then plus the Light Cahill.

The Humpy was big as was the Irresistible. Royal Wulff was big too.

The 'fore-n-aft' flies were many with the Renegade and Buzz Hackle at the top. I think the Bivisables all died?

[Dave Neal]

I can't resist throwing in my .02

1. Kaufmann's Stimulator: orange, yellow & tan #16-10
2. Cutter's EC Caddis: olive, tan #18-14
3. Traditional Adams (tied "Catskill style" ie. horizontal hackle): #22-14
4. Parachute Adams (with hi-vis post): #22-12
5. Black Ant (tied however you like it): #16-14
6. Comparadun: olive, tan/cahill #18-14
7. Elk Hair Caddis: olive, tan, grey #18-14
8. Lawson's Hemingway Caddis: #20-16
9. Humpy: red, yellow #16-14
10. Griffith's Gnat: #22-16

You can certainly simplify this by going with nothing but: Stimi's, EC Caddis, ants, Griffith's Gnat, Adams, and Comparaduns in a few common mayfly colors.

My Sierra "frontcountry" fly box is a heavy chest pack...my "backcountry" fly box is just that - one fly box.

[Ben Kobrin]

I think choosing a pattern comes down to confidence. Take any fly from any of the already submitted lists, and if that is the fly that you have confidence in then it will work. As has already been said, backcountry fish are not all that picky. The first fish that I caught was on a backpacking trip into the Emigrant Wilderness and it was fooled by a Yellow Humpy. To this day, it is the first fly that I will tie on while in the Sierras. Some would say that my obsession with the Humpy has gone a bit far. I'll let you be the judge.

[Garrett S]

elk hair caddiss

[Jeff C.]

Parachute Adams, Elk Hair Caddis and EC Caddis

[Mik]

I love this question. These 5 will assure you a fish in the Sierra's.

#1 Black Ant----will catch fish all day on an ant
#2 Parachut Adams----back up in case ant fails
#3 Stimulator---hot summer heat=hoppers
#4 EHC---just because
#5 Mosquito---there seems to be an abundance unfortunately

[Ed Wahl]

Wow Mik, for the most part that's my backpack box.

I will admit though, that when fishing creeks and small streams up high I usually never change from whatever I started with. That is, unless I've lost it in a tree.

Admit it, it happens.

For lakes, well, let's just say the list is a bit longer.

Ed

[jburge]

Hey Wooly Bugger,
Anybody that can open a Guinness from their bumper, has to know what they're doing. Gotta love it.