6 flies for the season

[salmonking]

Ah well,better late than never....
allys shrimp
wullie gunn
stoats tail
junction shrimp
editor
black boar

[jollyrodger]

Sloggi my reply is sponsored by the GAC....so it's late!

1. PBP
2. Cascade
3. Allys Shrimp
4. Silver Stoat
5. Stoats Tail
6. Black & Yellow tube

Last season I only used 3 of the 6 patterns. 1, 2 and 6.

[storlaks]

Another late arrival..

1. Eternal optimist tube (springtime)
2. Greenhighlander tube (springtime)
3. Cascade (late spring through summer)
4. sunray Shadow ( a must anytime)
5. Phatagorva variant (all year)
6. black templedog variants (all year)

I like my flies to have a lot of moment and thus most have long wings. I don't tend to stick to many traditional patterns and most are variants of known patterns often done in a more simplistic manner.

[salar76]

Storlaks - I like the way you think!

Personally:

WG
Black & Yellow
Eternal Optimist
Sunray Shadow
Cascade
Silver stoat

[jkboy]

Sorry, even later arrival...

Willie Gunn tube
Black and Yellow tube
Cascade
Comet
Silver Stoat
Micro Tube

[Sloggi]

I will collate the posts and unveil the "scores on the doors" at the weekend Just in time for the next batch of late arrivals

[Sloggi]

macsalmo said:

I know I'm about four day's late but here are my six :

1) Cascade conehead
2) Willie Gunn tube (gold body)
3) Thunder & Lightning tube variant
4) Tummel Shrimp
5) Orange/red PBP
6) Silver Stoat

I hope I haven't messed up your poll Sloggi.

Hi Macsalmo

What colour of cone do you use on your cascade conehead?

[Sloggi]

Having added the latest entries, in reverse order, the top six patterns as agreed by this forum are:

drum roll

6. With 5 votes - Ness C
5. With 11 votes* - variations on Ally's Shrimp
4. With 11 votes - Pot Bellied Pig
3. With 14 votes - Willie Gunn
2. With 15 Votes - Silver Stoat

And first, with 17 votes - Cascade

(* in 5th place due to 6 variations)

[elwyman]

Thanks Sloggi.

No real surprises there - I must try a silver stoat more often, given its popularity. I use them for sea trout but not much for salmon, although I am aware of their reputation for summer grilse.

I think the Ness C has probably sneaked in because a lot of the guys live & fish in NE Scotland.

I thought the temple dog would have got more votes, but I guess many people just see it as a tying style, rather than a distinct pattern?

[tynespeycaster]

The Ness C is very popular on the Main Tyne also!!

[macsalmo]

Hi Sloggi,

Just seen your post sorry.
I mainly use a silver cone head but have recently tied some with the brass version and have caught on them too (I don't really think it matters to much ).

Gary

[elwyman]

The Annan killer eh Gary!

I see Roger Pascoe's web site hass been down a while - hope he's ok.

[macsalmo]

Yeh, its certainly worked for me on the Annan.

I noticed the site was down too Elwyman, I have not heard anything from up there, so I hope everything is ok.
That site is a cracking resource for myself and many others .

Gary

[Sloggi]

macsalmo said:

Hi Sloggi,

Just seen your post sorry.
I mainly use a silver cone head but have recently tied some with the brass version and have caught on them too (I don't really think it matters to much ).

Gary

I seem to have a mental block with the silver conehead - just can't stop myself using the gold version. Somehow orange and yellow go better with gold Rubbish of course - silver is probably just as good.

[deesider]

One I would add for spring is the Black Frances.