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 offer ten classic questions about famous river junctions, native fish, and fly tackle.
The last quiz was apparently difficult, as there was just one perfect score, achieve by David, who claimed that he only guessed on two questions. Another seven people scored 90%, and he most common score held steady at 50%.
The winner of this week’s random drawing will receive a a copy of Dave Hughes’s new Essential Trout Flies: 50 Indispensable Patterns with Step-by-Step Instructions for 300 Most Useful Variations. In this new edition—with 1/3 new material, 20 additional patterns, and 300 variations—Hughes addresses the changes in fly preference over the last 15 years, with some old patterns dropped for new styles tied with new materials and tying techniques.
The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org), and recipient of a copy of Nick Curcione’s Saltwater Edge: Tips and Tactics for Saltwater Fly Fishing, was Brad Hudson, who dared to question the Quiz Master’s accuracy. Ahem . . . the river that runs from Wyoming into Montana is not the Clark Fork; it is the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone.
So post your score below (or below the post on our Facebook page!) for a chance to win a great book.
Good luck!
70%
90%
60%
60% (thought I did better!)
80%
40 %
80%, best score yet
60%
90% AndyFishChief
70% doh!
50%
90%
Only 50%… I learned quite a lot from this quiz!
30%!
80%
60%. Dang.
50%
50%
40% Going downhill fast!
90%! Never tied an Atlantic salmon fly & paid the consequences on that question.
60%
50%
60%.
60%
70 % … aargh!, but the quizzes are fun!
60%
30%
80%
70% here
80%, but I thought the record bonefish was 16 lbs.
40% geographically challenged!
50% again…
50% again
60%
30% another bad week!
60%, should have been 80 but I second guessed myself and changed two correct answers. Ugh!
70%
80!
30% ….rouuugh
40%… Maybe that’s why I don’t catch any fish…
70! I passed!!
50%
40%
A mediocre 60%
50%
50%
Moved up to 60%
60%
60%
70%
80% – can never sort out the river junctions!
70%
70%…was doing awesome until question #8.
50%
90%
60%
70
Sigh. Standard 40%
60%. Bad guesses on a couple more.
90%
Sadly my same score as last week. 50%. Buy I hope to fish tomorrow and spring is right around the corner.
70%…Alright!
70%
50%
70%
70%, I need to fish more.
40%
70%
30%
50% ouch !
50% which is my score 50% of the time.
80%…. Staying constant!
80%. Better than the last quiz
50%
40%
50%, a little disappointing. I love these quizzes, thanks for putting them together.
In a slump, 60%
60%
70%
60. And I have fished the junction pool, too!
40%
60%
Good questions…..60%
80%. Thought I had them all.
60%
A measly 50%.
60%
50%. I struggle with geography.
70%
60% Hooorah! Time to go fishing!!
70% Need to travel more
60%
60%!!!! BEST SCORE EVER!!!!!
80% – a couple of lucky guesses helped.
Only 30 %, but als an Austrian I m nötig familiar with the US rivers.
80%! Not bad… think my mouse slipped on an answer…. ; ) I always wanted a copy of that book. Crossing my fingers.
80%. Respectable only guessed on two got one right – one wrong.
70%
80%. One had to read the question about the fly line section carefully as the answer would be different if the tapered line were a double taper rather than a weight-forward line. The word “head” leads the reader to assume that it’s a W-F for which you seek the answer. Sneaky…but fun!
50%
I was pretty pleased with that.
60% better than my average lately!
60%
100%! Woo hoo! First ever! Makes up for my 30% last time.
60%
70% my best score ever!
80%
40% again what the,,,,,,,,,,,
50% half full
50%
90% !!!!!!!! My best yet!
30%
60
70%, not bad
80%
70%
The positive outlook is that I was half right! 50%
70%
Better to be lucky than good…
70%
You scored 50%! Ah, the slow climb back toward mediocrity.
30% not a great way to start the day.
“You scored 70%!” … but really it’s 80% … but the IFGA All-tackle bonefish is 16 pounds, so the correct answer was 15 pounds, not 19.
All-Tackle 7.26 kg (16 lb 0 oz) Bimini, Bahamas 25-Feb-1971 Jerry Lavenstein
( https://wrec.igfa.org/WRecordsList.aspx?lc=AllTackle&cn=Bonefish )
Whoops. Looks like I clicked the wrong link on the IGFA website: https://wrec.igfa.org/WRecordsList.aspx?lc=AllTackle&cn=Bonefish,%20smallscale
Give yourself another 10%!
60%
80%.
90% due to a few lucky guesses.
50% Consistent.
50 points less than last week. Is that a record?
50% (%60 with the bonefish gimmie…)
70%
I got 100% – go figure!
8/10 by far best ever