The greatest fly pattern ever tied??

[hobble]

Ok lets have it. Your choice of the greatest ever fly pattern and why??????

[Buzz]

What constitutes great?
The best fish catcher,the best artificial copy, they way we perceive trout?

[fly in mi eye]

The one that fools the fish on the day

Paul

[hobble]

Originally Posted by buzz

what constitutes great?
The best fish catcher,the best artificial copy, they way we perceive trout?

you tell me. Whatever floats your boat buzz

[stevekale]

GRHE - simple, elegant, ubiquitous, fish catcher 24/7 anywhere on the planet (oops - I already said ubiquitous)

[Buzz]

Originally Posted by hobble

Whatever floats your boat buzz

I dont really fish trout from a boat so am not qualified to answer unless of course we are talking pike. If thats the case i only use two flies and dont know the names of them but the best one is silver and big. So the big silvery sparky fly for pike is the greatest fly pattern ever.

[Rob Edmunds]

2.5" Cat's Whisker Booby....Withoubt doubt

You can fish it on any line, at any speed, throughout the season and always catch fish from...Anywhere !

[Former member]

Fiery Claret JC Dabbler, any line, any place, all year.
Cheers
Gerry

www.artifly.com

[stevekale]

Originally Posted by Rob Edmunds

2.5" Cat's Whisker Booby....Withoubt doubt

You can fish it on any line, at any speed, throughout the season and always catch fish from...Anywhere !

But is it a "fly"? Boobies on a river, interesting thought.

[ACW]

Well bask in the days of Datchet- tandem mounted ,size 4 longshanks,half a packet of marabou with a golf ball sized muddler head was my biggest ever fly,even had fish take it as a dry .
Dry ish it represented sliced bread from some of the appalling sandwiches I made,wet and down deep I guess some of the larger fry!
Oh forgot chennille body and usually white,fly box at the time was a breifcase