Imagine its the end of the world as we know it and you have to survive off your catch indefinatly
you can only pick ten fly patterns to last the rest of your fishing life?

what would your selection be?
1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/

what size # rod and line would you pick?

P.S. Ray mears will be on hand to light your fires for you, and make you a cuppa nettle tea!

1. grhe nymph

2. klinkhammer

3. pheasant tail nymph

4. adams paradun

5. comparadun

6. partridge & orange

7. snipe & purple

8. waterhen bloa

9. cdc sedge

10. sculpin



9FT 4 weight

4 weight 10 footer

stewarts black spider
partridge and orange
black buzzer
foam beetle
black klinky
pt nymph
grey duster
mini cats whisker (standard size 80
mini ace of spades (ditto)
alexander

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1. Wholly Bug ger
2. Copper John in all three body colours (does that count as 3/4/5?)
3. Bead head Prince Nymph
4. Rabbit strips for Steelhead/Pacific Salmon
5. "Intruders," for Steelhead
6. Your AS 'Flamethrower' pattern on double Silver Salar hooks for anything
7. Lani Waller's surface skaters (Bombers)
8. Royal Coachman
9. Freight Train (again, a great all around river pattern)
10 Green Butted Skunk

fae

Forgot to add: a 7wt 'switch rod.'

10 blobs 9wt rod 20lb leader so i dont lose any blobs

i dont usually need that many, dhe, ptn, klink, griffiths knat, loch ordie, bibio would do.

christ allmighty has cabin fever set in

Can I just kill and eat Ray Mears instead?

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breaks fly rod over knee

throws several sticks of dynamite into river and ruefully lights cigar

I am not telling you.
You might catch all my fish and i would die hungry.