Post by ballingall512 on Dec 19, 2010 21:58:39 GMT
Another bit of festive fun.
this time a quiz based on trout flies.
Please reply to the thread with your answers in list form.
10 points for each correct answer.
leaderboard will be posted further down the thread.
Enjoy.
1. This is one of the most recognized trout pattern of all times. It has brown hackles with a white wing, green peacock body separated by a band of red floss and a golden pheasant tippet tail. What is this pattern?
1 Green Dun.
2 Royal Coachman.
3 King River Caddis.
4 March Brown.
2. When mayflies hatch, they hatch in the millions. Trout will key in on these mayflies and eat only the ones that fit a pattern. If you were to fish these hatches, you will need to copy the insects the trout are eating. What is this called?
1 Copy the bug
2 Hatch match
3 Bug-a-boo
4 Matching the hatch
3. Mayflies are not the only aquatic insect that trout eat, what is other hatches do they key in on.
1Caddis flies.
2 All of these.
3 Stoneflies.
4 Mosquito.
4. The Dark Hendrickson trout fly matches what sub-species of mayfly?
1 Para Leptohleria.
2 Ephemerella Subvaria.
3 Baetis Vagans.
4 Stenonema Vicarium.
5. When trout flies are tied to match land insects, (ants, grasshoppers, ect.) what are these patterns called?
1 Land Flies.
2 Zug Bugs.
3 Emergers.
4 Terrestrials.
6. Why are wet flies called, "wet flies"?
1 They are only fished below the surface of the water.
2 They sweat a lot.
3 They have to be dipped in water before you can fish with them.
4 Because they get soaked when a fish bites them.
7. A mayfly pattern has two up-right wings, how are the wings of the caddis and stonefly fixed on the hook?
1 Out to the sides.
2 Laying flat on top of the body.
3 The have no wings.
4 On the sides parallel to the body.
8. March browns, gray fox, light cahill, quill gordon, blue dun and green drakes are all patterns of what?
1 Caddis flies.
2 Mayflies.
3 Stone flies.
4 Terrestrials.
9. If you have a pattern of a mickey finn, golden darter, grizzly king, gray ghost, yellow matuka and maribou muddlers, what would you have?
1 English trout flies.
2 Spinners.
3 Caddis flies.
4 Streamers.
10. This trout flies is nothing more than a small ball of orange or red yarn on a hook, what is this fly called?
1 Helgrammite.
2 Ball fly
3 Egg fly.
4 Grub fly.
Leaderboard.
1 Builnacraig/redshrimp
2 Salmonshrimp/ Underghillie
this time a quiz based on trout flies.
Please reply to the thread with your answers in list form.
10 points for each correct answer.
leaderboard will be posted further down the thread.
Enjoy.
1. This is one of the most recognized trout pattern of all times. It has brown hackles with a white wing, green peacock body separated by a band of red floss and a golden pheasant tippet tail. What is this pattern?
1 Green Dun.
2 Royal Coachman.
3 King River Caddis.
4 March Brown.
2. When mayflies hatch, they hatch in the millions. Trout will key in on these mayflies and eat only the ones that fit a pattern. If you were to fish these hatches, you will need to copy the insects the trout are eating. What is this called?
1 Copy the bug
2 Hatch match
3 Bug-a-boo
4 Matching the hatch
3. Mayflies are not the only aquatic insect that trout eat, what is other hatches do they key in on.
1Caddis flies.
2 All of these.
3 Stoneflies.
4 Mosquito.
4. The Dark Hendrickson trout fly matches what sub-species of mayfly?
1 Para Leptohleria.
2 Ephemerella Subvaria.
3 Baetis Vagans.
4 Stenonema Vicarium.
5. When trout flies are tied to match land insects, (ants, grasshoppers, ect.) what are these patterns called?
1 Land Flies.
2 Zug Bugs.
3 Emergers.
4 Terrestrials.
6. Why are wet flies called, "wet flies"?
1 They are only fished below the surface of the water.
2 They sweat a lot.
3 They have to be dipped in water before you can fish with them.
4 Because they get soaked when a fish bites them.
7. A mayfly pattern has two up-right wings, how are the wings of the caddis and stonefly fixed on the hook?
1 Out to the sides.
2 Laying flat on top of the body.
3 The have no wings.
4 On the sides parallel to the body.
8. March browns, gray fox, light cahill, quill gordon, blue dun and green drakes are all patterns of what?
1 Caddis flies.
2 Mayflies.
3 Stone flies.
4 Terrestrials.
9. If you have a pattern of a mickey finn, golden darter, grizzly king, gray ghost, yellow matuka and maribou muddlers, what would you have?
1 English trout flies.
2 Spinners.
3 Caddis flies.
4 Streamers.
10. This trout flies is nothing more than a small ball of orange or red yarn on a hook, what is this fly called?
1 Helgrammite.
2 Ball fly
3 Egg fly.
4 Grub fly.
Leaderboard.
1 Builnacraig/redshrimp
2 Salmonshrimp/ Underghillie
