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Old 02-23-2013, 06:10 AM
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Default Re: Advice on filling fly box
On-line hatch charts are pretty common for the more popular waters all over the country. That will narrow down the number of insects that you're likely to see to a very few.
In a month around here that would be little black stoneflies..... and that's about it.
Jackson River Hatches

I like to tie a minimum of 5 flies of each type
I find that for me that it takes a couple of tries to tie a really good one, but by number 5, I'm getting bored.
Besides if you have 5 and they happen to be the fly of the day, you can afford to lose 3 and still have 1 to fish with and 1 more to bring home to remind you that you need to tie more
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