On Dec 6, 4:20 pm, "fly.flinger"
wrote:
"mdk77" wrote in message

...

I'm beginning the process of tying my flies for next season, which
will be my 2nd season of fly fishing. One place I'm planning on
fishing for Rainbow & Brown trout next season has two flies on the
"recommended list" that look kind of similar to my newbie eyes:

Cracklebacks:
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...80502fotw.html

Griffith's Gnats: http://hipwader.com/2004/tying-griffiths-gnat-pattern

Are these different enough to make it worth my while to tie both? My
gut feeling is that this is probably a real stupid question, but hey,
how do you learn if you don't ask...

the biggest difference, IMO, is size; the basic form being similar.

cracklebacks are larger
griffins gnats are typcially smaller

I thought about that after I posted the OP. My original plan was to
tie the Crackleback in size 12 and 14, and the Gnat in 18 and 20.
Like Ken said, I have two different animals here, both dogs but
different breeds.

Thanks.