In article , Tom Nakashima
wrote:


You also might want to keep this in mind when selecting flies to use.
In order:
1. First think size
2. Then pattern
3. Then color
-tom

I think that this, like most of the things I've read on this thread, is
very good advice.

My suspicion is that, after going through the process that Wolfgang
described (I wouldn't try to avoid this - I think it's inevitable) that
you will end up with something around a dozen flies. Maybe six or eight
that you tend to pick first, and another six or eight that you have
with you because you know that sooner or later you're going to need
them.

From time to time, though, you'll call on all that knowledge you gained
when learning to tie flies, and think of the possibility that what you
really need is something that you once knew about, and even used to
fish with, and it did qute well at the time.

You can only be happy with those dozen when you know you have lots of
possibilities to fall back on.

And the only way to find out what those dozen are is the long process
of trying them out for yourself.

This is the fun of the thing

Lazarus