Keeping it simple

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I don't read this forum much but as a moderator I try to keep up on most of them. I'm not much of a fly fisherman but my grandfather was a superb practitioner of the art. But I have always had a love affair with flies. When I was in high school I would ditch class and go to the library (I admit it, I was quite a hellion back then; I even got suspended for going elk hunting) and read all the books about hunting, fishing, and etc. I spent hours perusing the color plates in the fly-tying books of the many different patterns. I was fascinated by the names as much as anything. Names like Silver Doctor, Gray Ghost, and Mickey Finn. As I grew older I realized I should really concentrate on western trout flies. I made up top-ten lists and sometimes still do as styles change and patterns emerge (accidental pun). I will admit that I only fish flies behind bubbles now and that I should be beat to death with the blunt end of an Orvis rod for being such a heretic.

Anyway, I would be interested in your only-one fly choices. I would probably go with a Wooly Bugger or a Gold-Ribbed Hares Ear or Muddler Minnow. If you forced me to pick a dry, I would have to go with an Elk Hair Caddis.

What are yours?
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