Welcome to another edition of our trivia challenge, where 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, I’ve managed to drum up another 10 questions on subjects as diverse as fly-tying history, exotic birds, and Western authors. However, we have a very special prize for the randomly drawn winner (see below) so don’t forget to post your score in the comments section.
The performance on the last quiz was just okay, with two perfect scores. Congrats to Steve West and Bob! and The most common score was an 60%, down 20% from the previous week.
The randomly chosen winner of this week’s quiz will receive a limited-edition Grab a Cub T-Shirt from Hank Patterson himself.
If you don’t remember Hank’s excellent and time-tested advice for dealing with angry grizzlies, then watch this. You walk into your local fly shop or TU meeting wearing this baby, and you will be the envy of everyone there. . .even that guy who just landed a 25-inch brown on a size 22 BWO.
Our last winner (as determined by random.org) was Nick N, whose score would not have allowed him to graduate. So, take this week’s quiz, and no matter how well or poorly you do, post your score in the comments below to be eligible to win this killer t-shirt!
Good luck!
Where did this guy fall in love with steelhead?
60%. But it was the FIRST 60%!
70%
40%
20%
70%
60%. No luck this week on the guesses.
70%
50%
70%
30% I suck
without google-ing up answers
70%
30% I am really bad at guessing
20% brutal!
60%
40%! Scores are getting worse!
80%. Not too shabby…
7 out of 10…Passing, I guess
60%
50%
50%
I accept my 60% humbly with a chance for the shirt!
50% ouch.
70%, some decent guesses.
80% Apparently I don’t know my Horned Guan from my Satyr Sumpinorother, nor my Italian gut from my Spanishgut.
80%. Missed gut leaders and Zane Grey.
60%
50 % not much to say with that score
A solid 80% this week!
Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn
70% – wow, at least I didn’t get them all wrong. Horned whachamacallit… Geeze..
80%
60%
80%! Spain and sporting goods got me
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50%!!!!!!!!!
I think I did pretty good!
Snap it!
30%
60%
Snap it! Jammies!
60% not too good
70% is pretty good!
40%
80%
Strong 50
A resounding 30%.
60%
50%, know a few things
40%
60% – best yet
60% ! That’s what’s up!
60%
40% Shame on me!
You scored 60%! I’ll take it.
I got 80%, :)!!
60%. Tough one this week!
80%, tripped up on the gut and the guan, lol
60% it looks like I need to start tying salmon flies
50%
70%
80%
80%!
60%
40%
50%. Pretty tough this week.
60%
60
80%. Lots of luck.
yikes a lowly 40%
70%
50
80%: Don’t know my birds or my European silk sources. But one thing I do know: How to execute a flawless paralyzer to the chode.
60%. Tough quiz this week!!
Ouch, 50% is about the worst I’ve ever done.
30
60%
40
60%
Which frankly was higher than I was expecting!
60% never felt so good!
80% Some tough questions
50%
50% yeah!
70%
i did a lot of guessing on that one.
70% correct, first try.
90% with some very lucky guesses! Who knew silk gut came from Spain, I figured it had to be China. LOL!
Well the silkworms themselves did come from China, but the Spanish perfected the process of extruding the gut for fishing. Here’s the disgusting method, via Paul Schullery, quoting Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle (1885) by H.P. Wells:”Their first step is to free the gut from such portions of the ruptured envelope as may adhere to it. Formerly this was done by drawing the gut between the teeth, and thus stripping off this refuse, but chemical processes are said now largely to have superseded this. The eyewitness, to whom I am indebted for this information, describes the old method as a most disgusting spectacle. The rows of women and girls drawing the entrails of this caterpillar through their teeth, their mouths smeared with blood from the cuts inflicted by the thin gut, mingled with the offal scraped from it by their teeth — spitting and drawing, and spitting again — must indeed be far from a pleasant sight.”
30%
20%
60% That’s a “B” in the South!
50%!
90% Can’t believe I missed that one! Argh!
70%
40%
60%
20%
70%
70% Not bad for a Friday morning
60%
60%
70% bring on the t-shirt
40%
need that new Hambone shirt for my collection of all things Hank Patterson
60%
40%
80% – much better than last week
40%. It’s Friday. Long week…
60%
i got a 60….
30%…shameful 🙂
20% :/
60%. Better than I thought it MIGHT be!
50% back to my old ways
60%, only knew 4 for sure and only 2 out of 6 correct guesses.
40% I’m pretty sure your sources are wrong, and I’m right on the other 6 questions.
50%, not passing but when I saw the questions my guessing was impressive!
40%
Scores one the way back down
40%
90%, good enough
30%– I got SLAUGHTERED on this one. Better luck next time 😉
70%
30%. I’m a pro.
40%
90% with research. Would have guessed on all of them and scored 20% like usual. This time I took another approach and tried to learn something.
90 % !
30%
70%
60%
50%.
Ouch Just 40%
40%. My standard.
80%
60 % again lol. I think i need that t shirt to look smarter!
50%, could be worse.
Wow! 80% Best I have accomplshed in a while! Hooorah!!
90%. Just couldn’t remember when Brookies spawn…part of the gettin’ old thing. Remembered the rest just fine!
70
40%
60%. Ugh. Don’t know a horned grebe from a grebed horn. And I know nothing about thunder creek flies. And I misread the double haul question and something else I’m too sleepy to remember.
Embarrassing 40%
70%…
60 seems to be my favorite score
Carl – 60% I learn a little each time I take one of the quizzes.
70%
70%
70% today
after applying the Paralyzer to the chodes
I scored a 70%
Good fun, thx !!!
50%
30% I am horrible at these things 🙁
50%
Could be better. Still need to learn a lot 🙂
60%!!!
100%!!!! And only one guess!
You scored 70%!
70% Should have been 80%; I got caught up thinking about the Deschutes Brewery and my attention wavered at a critical point on the last question!
60%
80%. Pick me, I need a shirt.
60%
90 %. Steelhead is a dark hole for me…
40% not bad for guessing.
50%
ouch, 50%!
50%, when in doubt, guess!
60 per cent good enough
A very luckey 80%
60% , like most of high school.
50%
50%
70%. Best in awhile.
Jeez, 50%!
A whopping 40%
40%
60%