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, we’ve got a classic quiz, featuring twenty (20!) questions about the locations of famous fly-fishing rivers and lakes. In each case, the correct answer is a well-known water, so just because you have a Henrys Fork in your backyard in Peoria doesn’t mean that “Illinois” is the correct answer.
The last quiz broke our string of imperfection, as a single person finally all the questions right. All hail Shoo-Fly! The number of respondents who scored 90% also climbed by one, to seven. The most common score jumped again, to an impressive 70%.
The winner of this week’s random drawing will receive Tom Rosenbauer’s great new book The Orvis Guide to Hatch Strategies: Successful Fly Fishing for Trout Without Always Matching the Hatch, from Universe Publishing. Instead of focusing on insect identification, in this book Tom stresses learning how to approach trout, how to find where they feed, and how to present the fly so it is accepted as natural food.
The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org), and recipient of a copy of Kirk Deeter’s Trout Tips, was Brian, who pitched one right down the middle.
So post your score below for a chance to win a great book.
Good luck!
50%
75%
45%
45%
55%
65%, now I have to check a box to prove I’m human?
60% back to normal
70%
40%
30%
75%
55% I couldn’t decide between Michigan or Michigan on question 12
15% Ooooooops!
65%
35% wow…
30%
70% Tough quiz. My yankee geography is weak.
60%
Well I got a 35%… but I was surprised I knew a few of the rivers, since I have fished them.
45% with a lot of guessing
55%
70%
75%
70%
60%
80%
70%
70%
60%
A respectable 85%.
FOR A CHEATER
You scored 55%!
100%
Lucky a lot of “Wag” factor
40% Ouch.
I thought I did so much better than 65%!
50%
Dismal 55%!! lol Good tough quiz!
75% – respectable with a few lucky guesses
score too low to post! Stil fun though
55% way better than expected
25% is just terrible luck. I did get the Oregon and a few of the Texas spots correct. Need to travel more to fish, but that isn’t in the cards soon.
60% every guess WRONG!!!
50% Definitely don’t know remember river names.
45%? Wait, am I back in Calculus class?
85%. I seem to do better at geography than creators of fly patterns.
45%… time to buy an Atlas I guess.
30%… You know nothing John Snow…
Worse than a random number generator . . .
75%
35 ouch
65% I guess I need to study a map
55%
15%… ahahaha, terrible.
30%
55%
45%, seemed more like a geography quiz. You forgot to ask where is Orvis Headquarters located?
40%.
30
I don’t travel much to fish. I got 25% didn’t know too many.
50%
40. I am Groot!
35%
70%
45% guessed at most
40% I’ve got to get out of town more
55%
25% I don’t know my rivers
55% Ugh
45%
35%
30%
35% not good
70%
65%
65%
50# but I would love that book
50%
55%. That was a tough one.
60- the ones I have be lucky enough to fish
20%
40%
50%
45%. I do better when I guess
25%
You scored 60%!
55%
55%
45%. I actually knew a few of these. Good stuff! Thanks.
40%
30 % all quesswork. Not bad I think.
50%. At least I didn’t do any worse than random…
55%, ugh
45% Need to use Google Map next time!! I rather go fishing!!!!
40% – and that human check box gets me every time…
50%…ouch
Knew only 3, guessed 17, scored 50%.
40%
20%
60 % and mostly guesses.
70%
45%..most were guests.
50%
45% ditto Adam Wilcox….
30%
No chance for a european when it comes to north american river and fishwater geography without taking google maps. Randomly taking third position gives you 30%.
30%
No chance for a North American either. So many rivers. So little fishing.
45%
50%…which matches my confidence level as I answered the questions.
40%, great quiz,
50%
60% _ Seriously thought I was more knowledgable than that!!!
65%
50%
45. I need to find this gore creek…
35% 😐