Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Best Midwestern Trout Flies

This, at least according to Tom Meade in his book Essential Fly Fishing, 1994, New York: The Lyons Press.

Adams
Ants in Black and Cinnamon
Beetles, assorted sizes & colors
Blue Winged Olive
Cricket
Elkhair Caddis in various colors
Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph
Grasshopper
Griffiths Gnat
Hendrickson
Humpy
March Brown Nymph
Maribou Streamer, in White, Black and Yellow
Michigan Caddis (to imitate the giant Hexagenia Limbata)
Muddler Minnow
Olive Matuka Streamer
Pale Evening Dun
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Red Quill
Roe Bug, various colors
Sparkle Caddis Pupa
Trico
Woolly Bugger
Woolly Worm
Wulffs in Royal, Gray and White
Yellow Drake
Zug Bug