[Mike Barrio]

Your top 3 trout flies in 2011 were ............?

[Alex Burnett]

seeing as 2011 added up to 1 day in August & 4 days each in September & October I would have to say:

Size 10 - Apps Bloodworm
Size 14 - Lime Green Cruncher
size 12 - White Nymph

Alex

[Euan Innes]

1 Beannich Beauty
2 Gold loch Ordie
3 Claret Bumble

That's about it! 
With those three I could carry a very small fly box and be happy 

 

And very soon someone is going to ask what a Beannich Beauty is....

[Iain Goolager]

Euan,
what's a Claret Bumble?

1) CDC & Elk
2) F-Fly
3) PTN

travel the world with those puppies, a man could.

Iain

[bordertroot]

In various colours and sizes ,mainly Olive,Claret,Natural (Hare Lug)and Black.
DHEmergers
Hoppers
Halfhogs

Enjoy tying
Bob

[Loxiafan]

Only fished on River Don this season. The most consistent performers were:

1) CDC and Elk....overwhelmingly ! (June to August). Sea Trout liked it too.

2) Wyatts DHE ( August to September). Will use from early season next year.

3) Waterhen Bloa (Apr/May). Other spiders worked but this and Snipe and Purple caught the biggest ones.

Sizes 14, 16 and 17.

Lindsay

[Ewan Lindsay]

At Haddo:

No.1 = Klink/Para/CDC Emergers (Olive/Deerhair/Black)
No.2 = Goldhead/Hothead Damsel
No.3 = Daddy Long Legs (of course!)

Ewan

[Steven Kidd]

My favourite three:

1. Black Pennell............Many a wild brownie caught in the lochs this year with this.
2. Cinammon Gold.......Sedge time on the Don
3. Pearly Invicta..........Got me my first ever Don sea trout this year!

Cheers,

Skidd

[Allan Liddle]

Dirty Duster
Claret Hog
Bibio Emerger

[Hamish Young]

what's a Claret Bumble?

I see what you did there...funny 

OK, my top three excluding protoypes:

1. Gold Loch Ordie.
2. Claret Bumble.
3. Pearly hares ear Sedgehog.

That was pretty much my set up everywhere this year, if it works......

H 

[Euan Innes]

Euan,
what's a Claret Bumble?

iain,

It's a big hairy thing, with big teeth that terrorises wee broon troot all over Scotland.
It's been known to scare salmon and sea troot too, it's just that bloody scary 
Some can grow into a #6 but more commonly they are #8 / #10. Wee babby ones (#12/#14) sometimes work when the loch is like glass, but really they're no as SCARY as the big ones with the big teeth.

You'd think Hallowen was coming up

Beware the Bumble and tremble in it's wake!

Sorry you asked?

 

[Quickcast 84]

best ones for me have been (combos)
1.mini cat+pheasant tail nymph
2.black bunny leech+bibio
3.diawl bach+snatcher

[Dutchfly]

Haven't been out much, but
Diawl Bach
Peacock Pennel
Black Wooly Worm

did the trick.


Jeroen

[Peter McCallum]

based on one outing  

Pinkhammer
hare & copper
snowshoe emerger




After yesterday add a size 14 Clyde Style Teal & Black 

[Irvine Ross]

Based on a lot of blank outings

Dirty duster
Endrick spider
DHE

Next year has got to be better, maybe

Irvine