Take a NEW Phil Monahan Fly-Fishing Trivia Challenge 01.23.20

Welcome to another edition of our weekly trivia challenge, in which we test your knowledge of all things fly fishing and where you might learn a thing or two about this sport we love. This week, we’ve got 10 new questions about flies, authors, fish species, rivers, and more. I had a strange case of the “NOTs” while making this one, so make sure you read each question carefully.

The last quiz produced some great scores, including five 100s. Hearty Huzzah!s for Peter D., shoo-fly, Steve M, Eric Grams, and Roger. There were another four 90% scores, and the most common score dropped to 60%.

The winner of this week’s random drawing will receive a copy of Steve Woit’s impressive Fly Fishing Treasures: The World of Fly Fishers and Collecting. The book offers a colorful review of the world of fly fishers and collecting, including 30 interviews with leading collectors, experts, museum and club curators, tackle manufacturers, auctioneers and traders and dealers of antique, vintage and collectible fly fishing tackle.

The winner of our last quiz (as determined by the Google random number generator)–who will receive download “Live The Stream: The Story of Joe Humphreys”–is Roger, whose perfect score is further rewarded with the prize!

So post your score below (or below the post on our Facebook page!) for a chance to win a great video.

Good luck!

97 thoughts on “Take a NEW Phil Monahan Fly-Fishing Trivia Challenge 01.23.20”

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      Which of these game-fish is NOT a hybrid?
      Wiper
      Tiger muskie
      ✓Spotted bass
      Splake

      Who first tied the Black Ghost?
      ✓Herb Welch
      Carrie Stephens
      Joe Brooks
      Fly Rod Crosbie

      True or false: Brook trout are native to Georgia.
      ✓True
      False

      Who said, “If fishing is like religion, then fly-fishing is high church.”?
      Roderick Haig-Brown
      Norman Maclean
      Harry Middleton
      ✓Tom Brokaw

      Which famous angling book begins with the assertion, “Despite rumors to the contrary, the paramount objective is: to catch fish”?
      ✓”Curtis Creek Manifesto” by Sheridan Anderson
      “Trout Bum” by John Gierach
      “The Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing” by Tom Rosenbauer
      “Trout” by Ray Bergman

      Which of these countries does NOT have native brown trout?
      Morocco
      Croatia
      ✓Mongolia
      Portugal

      On what river would you find the stone temple built in honor of Izaak Walton?
      The River Itchen
      The River Avon
      ✓The River Dove
      The River Test

      In rod-building, what is the “scrim”?
      ✓A lightweight fabric of fiberglass or graphite that forms a lining under the principal fibers and which aids in working with the material when it is rolled around a mandrel.
      The fabric created by impregnating the material with resin. )
      The matrix that holds the carbon fibers together.
      A fixed metal shroud over either the top or the bottom of the reel-seat cylinder into which one end of the reel seat is placed.

      Which of these is NOT a real sunfish species?
      Redear sunfish
      Orangespotted sunfish
      green sunfish
      ✓Yellow sunfish

      What kind of fly is the Juju Baetis?
      Dry fly
      ✓Nymph
      Hairwing streamer
      Wet fly

      i looked up half of them

      1. I’ve been flyfishing for about 55 years. I’ve never heard of Sheridan Anderson. Have read Haig-Brown but didn’t remember his quote. Who cares what Tom Brokaw said??? I almost Never fish anything baetis , cuz which can see them???
        Mongolia? SPOTTED SUNSISH?
        I just want the ice to go away and to see a March brown hovering over the brook.

  1. 50% for the week.
    How in the heck did brown trout get to the African continent and into Morocco and be considered a native?
    As for the other four misses this week, I just can not guess very good.

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