On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:49:22 -0400, gary3594
wrote:


Thanks for the quick reply.

A fly fishing oufitter where I picked up my first rod/reel chose some
basic trout flies for me. The names and sizes of the flies went in one
ear and out the next. I just arranged them in the fly box and did not
note the size. Now I no better but don't need to buy flies yet. Don't
have time to tie my own flies.

If you happen to have a receipt or list of what you received in the
selection, you can easily figure out what's what. Simply sort by size
and the largest sized hook will be the smallest number and the smallest
hook will the largest number. For example:

If your list shows 5 of each of 16, 18, 22 and you have 15 flies, the
largest hooks are the 16s, the mid-sized are the 18s, and the smallest
hooks are the 22s.

If you don't have a such a list, sort them out and take them to a
flyshop. They ought to be able to tell you what you have in both size
and recipe/pattern.

TC,
R