Welcome to another edition of our (mostly) 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, in honor of our Giant Fly Sale, we’ve got 20 brand-new questions about flies used to catch trout. (See some caveats below.)
On the last quiz, there was just a single perfect score, and it belonged to Stephen. Just two respondents achieved a 90% (Dan T. and fausto), and the most common score was up a tick to 60%.
The randomly chosen winner of this week’s quiz will receive an Orvis Rising Trout Selection, featuring 10 patterns chosen by Orvis-endorsed professional guides. The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org) was ChuckB, whose score was unintelligible because of a wonky laptop, but he assures us that it was “not my best.”
Quiz caveats: The categories of dry, nymph, wet, and streamer are meant to encompass all other similar categories. Please don’t argue, for example, “The Mickey Finn isn’t a streamer! It’s a bucktail!” For the purposes of this quiz, if you cast a fly out and then work it like a baitfish or a leech, it’s a streamer. If a fly floats, it’s a dry. . .even if you think it’s really an emerger. Where there are two versions of a named fly, one of them is much more popular and well-known. Choose that one. Okay, have at it!
So post your score below for a chance at some great stickers.
Good luck!
65%, guess I need to thumb through the fly section more carefully
75%
95% literally guessed on every one
95%… Clearly tying too much
75%. Learned a few new ones today!
55% – Can’t say that was completely unexpected.
85%
55%..Eh
80
80%
85% … Better than my usual score.
55%
60%. Stuck in a rut…
100%, I clearly have to many flies
35% ! Holy Bivisible Batman!
50
35%
Bob Reece 80%
There are just some great names of flies…just saying 80%
65%
75%
thought I would have known better on a couple.
Tight Lines,
Koz
55% – ok….
60% –
60%
40%
I don’t know what it’s called, but give me a dozen of this red one.
50%
Better than a sharp stick in the eye.
50. not embarrassing.
70%. Lightning bug is great.
60%
55%… about average for me :-/
70%.
70%
65%
55%, much better than last time, still not that good.
90%
65%
75%, thought I would do better.
40% No question on the Bunyan Bug? I was looking for it.
80%!<
I’m new to fly fishing so I got a 30%. Soon I’ll know them all!
65% getting better!!
You scored 100%!
65% you never know what it is you don’t know until you don’t know it
70%, best yet
50%
70%, happy with that.
75% – dizzy heights
I just started fly fishing last March 45% not too bad for a beginner
55% Not bad!
85%
30%.
65. Thought I was going to do better than that. Apparently I bit on the hubris bug.
70% all right!
Bringing up the rear 55%
85%! That’s more like it. The 3 I missed I never heard of and the other one I had to guess I got right. The other 16 I knew.
90% All those years poring through Leiser’s and Hughes’ fly tying books. But they never had had a hippie stomper!
50%
70%
55% – ouch
65%
75 first time I’ve passed
75%
60%. Lots of guesses.
95%
55%. Names of flies are pretty much irrelevant to me. It’s more a matter of if they look “fishy”.
85%. That is awesome!
55% not as good as I thought I had done.
45%
95%, gd rat faced mcdougal!
55%
90%, that’s been a while!
90%, yeay!
Thought for sure I had ‘em all, but missed 2 pretty easy ones. 90%
100%
Posted from the Orvis Fly Fishing App
75%
95%! Way to go me… Guess I’ve been spending a little too much time on the vice/perusing the catalogue…
65%
60%
I’m too emarassed to post my score!!!!
90% Missed the Flymph and Rat Faced
90%
65% learned some new ones
80% not bad 🙂
60%
80% all right!
I’ll hang my head at 30%
35%
Always was a pretty good guesser.
Oops 100%
20%. Bad, but at least I didn’t cheat!
95%……best score ever, Yahoo!
An amazing 20% – Good stuff to learn
95%. Can’t believe I got the green weenie wrong—done in haste.
60%
I thought I knew more. 50%
40%
50% yikes
40%, great quiz!
40%
45%
i scored a 65.
50%… Oof
50% better than usual
50% – I have to learn to tie some of these just because of the names!
45%
Started good but get lost at the end. No wonder because I do most of my fishing with Adams, Parachute Adams, elkhair caddis, pheasant tail and prince. 🙂
70%
40%… Bummer.
85% after much research. Never heard of the Parmachene Belle or the Hippie Stomper before. New to fly tying. So much to learn.
60% again. Knew about half and guessed at the rest.
25%!!!
85%
65
65%
80%, surprised myself!
You scored 70%! Mediocre.
100% I’m a little obsessed with fly fishing at the moment…
My typical 60%
65
100%
75
75% Just okay
60%. Seems there are quite a few flies out there!
55
100% I really like the fly quizzes because i tie a lot of flies. 🙂
30%.
40%…I’m still learning!
35%…. Not too shabby eh?
95%
20%……..noob status.
30%. I’m failing this class.
95% correct , only one wrong , wasn’t really sure of the of the Thunder Creek Fly .
hooray 100!
65%