Newbie Question: How many fly sizes & colors to tie for next season?

Julie wrote:
In article .com,
mdk77 wrote:


Hi, I am just a dumb gurl, but why dont you look under rocks and see
what the bugs look like? What size are the caddis larva? Are they tan
or olive? If they are olive it would probably be better to be fishing
olive caddis dries and nymphs than tan
And during a hatch make sure you catch a couple of flies. Dont be all
big egoed on us, if you look like a butterfly catcher in the middle of
the river it is no big deal. Are the flies size 20 with olive bodies
and instead of fluttering they behave like helicopters? If they are
probably tie a bunch of small blue wing olive. Are they similiar but
bigger and with a orangish color? Might be a pale morning or pale
evening dun.


I think Julie gives some good advice here. I think, partly because I
don't get to fish as often as I would like, I tend to get rushed when I
fish. I can't wait to start flailing the water. Lately, when I do go
fishing, I have been concentrating on slowing down and enjoying things
around me more. I don't even line my rod until I'm at the water, have
turned over a few rocks and just observed for a bit. I don't know if it
has helped me catch more fish but I know I have enjoyed the fishing more.

Now, if I turn over a rock and or catch a fly off the water and
determine that the fish are probably feeding on little bitty things and
I should probably be tying on a #20 PMD, I tie on a #12 Royal Trude and
hope it ****es them off enough that they will hit it.

Russell