Welcome to the latest 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, it’s an oldie but a goodie, with ten questions about mayflies, mayflies, and mayflies. How much do you know about these fascinating bugs?
The last quiz continued our recent run of no perfect scores, although the number of 90%ers doubled to four. Offer a polite nod to Dave F., Bob T, Al Cravinho, and BillR. The most common score bumped up a notch to 50%. The question that tripped up the most quiz-takers was about the man behind the Pat’s Rubberlegs. Although Pat Dorsey is often credited mistakenly, the true inventor was Henrys Fork guide Pat Bennett.
The winner of this week’s random drawing will receive an Klinkhammer Selection, featuring ten patterns.
The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org), and recipient of an Adams Family Fly Selection, was Anton Y, whose score was accompanied by the comment “Bleh.”
So post your score below for a chance to win a video that will help you become a better nymph fisherman.
Good luck!
60% Not bad for me
80%
You scored 70%!
90%
70%
70%.
70%
30%
80% tied best – a little luck too.
40%… my standard!
50%. Bad, but in retrospect I was expecting a 0%!
ye old 60%
60%
60%
Homerun, 100%
60% “a rose by any other name is still…” a Michigan caddis
50% Need to get educated on mayflies apparently
At last, at last! 100%
70% am happy with that
90%.
50%
10% My worst ever!!!
80. Can’t believe it
50%
Rocked a 60!
60%
60%
40%
40%
on vacation in Ohio – no, not fishing unfortunately..
After a couple cold ones to get started, even Poll daddy was too embarrassed to register a
30%!!!
Have a great holiday everyone and a special thanks to those who serve and protect!!
30%
50%
70%. Best yet!
7/10
W00t! 100% with 1 good guess!
80%, with a lot of guessing.
60%
40%
100 ; )
60%
70%….good for a lot of guesses
60% is a move in the right direction for me
top rail on bottom now. 30%
50%
80%
60
50%
80%. I’ll take it.
50%. Some of the authors were tough for me.
40%
70% Yahoo!
70%
70%
Could have/should have been better
You scored 100%!
60%
70% finally a passing grade!
My standard 40%
Got a 60 %
30%
I got a gloriously poor 40%. I’m not a bug science guy.
80%
whoa…70%!!
60%
How could that happen?
70%
60%
70%
80%. Not too bad
90% Fun and educational. Thanks Phil!
20% – my brain bugged out on this one
60% Improving!
50% stuck on that number
90% – wahoo!
luck with guesses + I actually knew some answers
80% not bad
70%
50%. Ever improving. Fun quiz. Ditt.
70% Not too shabby.
70% I’ll take it.
60%
50% seems average for Friday. Mind is on the weekend.
50%
50% might have to do a little more reading;)
60%
40%…
80%…at least better than the last one.
60%
90%
My usual 70%
30%
90%
40% weaksauce…
70%
50%
100%
I felt like I did better than my 40%.
50%
50
60%
80%
30% hard one
70%, never know the authors…
30%
20%. Do not know much about mayflies obviously!
50%
40%
Dan W
60% – I rocked the second half
50%…my glass is half full
50%
You scored 40%!
50% Ouch!
I was very lucky to get 90%. Who knows how many world wide mayfly species there are?
40%
50%
40%, pretty, pretty, pretty bad.
80%, better than I though haha
70% this week!
40%
50% Not bad for me.
60% not my worst
20%! Yuck, I thought I did a lot better than that!
40%
FML
90%
50% and I fat fingered one so I’ll appeal for half credit on that one!
Props to my fellow 40%-ers for admitting how little we know about mayflies!
80%
70%. Fun quiz this week!
40% I’ll get it next time.
80% not bad!!