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 serve up another classic, which will see what you know about famous angling writers, fly names, and history.
The last quiz turned out to be tougher than I had anticipated, and no one scored 100%. There were just two 90%, so all due credit to Kathie and Dan Koshman. A further nine respondents scored 80%, and the most common score fell precipitously from the previous week, to 50%.
The winner of this week’s random drawing will receive a copy of Ed Engle’s wonderful book Tying Small Flies, from Stackpole Books. If you struggle at the vise when trying to create tiny midges, olives, and the like, then this is the book for you.
The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org), and recipent of a copy of Ed Engle’s Fishing Small Flies, was Chris, whose score alone would not place him in the “above average” crowd. But he still wins!
So post your score below for a chance to win a great book. And we finally got the answer key back, so you can know exactly what you missed and why.
Good luck!
80% on a very interesting quiz.
70%
80%
80%
50%
50% meh.
70%. Robert Traver is the best!
60%.. better than usual…
90%!
70%
50% – thought it was going better than that . . .
60%
60%
90%. Not too shabby.
Chuck
80%!
You scored 80%!
Was rocking along until late in the game. 80%
100%…back in the saddle again…saddle hackle, that is.
100%- first time! Just ordered some size 26 midge hooks so this book would be useful
30%… Looks like I need to take some time off work to study.
80%
50 per cent. Glass half full.
50%.
60%
60%.
50%, and I’ve been present when Lefty Kreh stated that he had to learn to cast right handed just so people would take him seriously.
100%
70%.
70%
shoulda done betta
70%
60%
70%
90%. I did not know that there are rainbows bigger than Browns.
Well 70% is an improvement over last week
90. Lefty Kreh got me!
50%
50% #ballin
90%
90% I call a 48lb Rainbow from a great lake a Steelhead
60%
70% Not bad!
50%
Need to study. Only 30%
100%!!! Never got that before. Some lucky guesses.
80%
70%
70% nuff said
100%
First time ever!!!!!!
Woo hoo
90% Now that’s more like it.
70% and I got lucky on a couple guesses to get that.
60%
40%
90% Always tell my students your first answer is usually the best. Didn’t follow my own advise. Marked rainbow first then changed it to brown.
Strong 70%
One of my bettor scores 80%
80%, scores are on the upswing!
60%, oh well
50% still better then my average.
40%
Oh well- 60%. Guess it was not to bad for a salt water fly fisher.
90%
100%. No guesses! Fist time that has happened.
90%
70%
30%
50%– Back to normal.
70%
40%
60%
90%…missed it by that much. That being about 7 pounds of rainbow trout.
90%
70%
50% Just so-so.
60%.
80%. That Robert Traver passage always rings true.
50%.
70% that may be the best i ‘be ever done
50%
You scored 80%! I have not fished out west and can never seem to get those questions right.
80% Best ever…
80%-missed the TR question and I had read his article in Fly Fishermen today!
50% Definitely thought I did better. Time to hit the books!
80%
70% Improving
90%…..almost
70% 🙂
80% yeah!
70%
50% ugh
80%
60% this time.
80%
30%
60%
50%
80% – best in a long time. I missed the Voelker/Travers questions, and I have read most of his books, including Anatomy of a Murder.
70%
90% – personal best, but I missed Robert Traver, and I have his book.
Missed just 1. Guessed well today
80%
80%
Ugh… 40%. Need the book as a consolation prize.
90%
100% Been awhile
60%
60%
60%
50%
80% WOOOOOHOOOOO best yet
50%
80% !
Best ever! 60%
50%. Better than my chances of winning the darn book.
70%
50%
80%
90%.
100%
60%
60%
80%….
Looks like I got half of the questions right, or is it half wrong?
50%
60%
60%
90% Redemption after a miserable score last week!
70%
90%
20%, this one hurt!!!