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’ve got 10 all new questions about famous fly tiers, geography, fish species, and lots more.
The last quiz didn’t stump as many folks as the last few, and there were four perfect scores. So give it it up for Lance, Erik, Chris Gil, and shoo-fly*. (The last one gets an asterisk,as he noted that his score “took a little research.”) Seven people missed by just a single question, and the most common score leaped up three spots to 60%. Now, that’s more like it.
The winner of this week’s random drawing will receive Jay Zimmerman’s great new book The Best Bass Flies: How to Tie and Fish Them, from Stackpole Books. The book features 18 cutting-edge patterns from around the country for largemouth and smallmouth bass, explains how to fish them, and has detailed tying steps.
The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org), and recipient of a copy of Ed Engle’s Fishing Small Flies, was docB, who got higher marks in medical school, I hope.
So post your score below (or below the post on our Facebook page!) for a chance to win a great book.
Good luck!
50%
80%…I’ll take it.
70%. A couple guesses gone wrong.
How can a green weenie be a nymph when it is the larva of a terrestrial moth? Barry Beck was one of the first to use it, Charlie Meck added a tail and dubbed it the Green weenie. If anything, it’s a sunken dry fly AKA wet fly.
I would argue that any sunken fly fished on a dead-drift qualifies as a nymph. Especially since many anglers fish it as a caddis pupa.
A paltry 60%
My typical 60%. Those geography questions always kill me.
50%
60%
Uuuugh!!! 40%!!
90%
50%
80%
You scored 60%!
70
80%, big personal improvement!
30%
80%. Better than weeks past
40%.
BUT the green weenie finally made the quiz! Woohoo!!!
90% best score in a while
50%. I agree that #10 is highly debatable.
30%.
50%☺
70%
60% wow
60%
70..ah, the green weenie
60%
40%
50% cannot climb out of the rut
50% and thankful I knew well what Great Lake the Catt was a trib of.
40%. yikes.
70%
60% I’ll never get out of the cellar
60%. I’ll take it!
40%
80%
90%. Best in a while
70%
80%. I’ll take it!
70%
90%
60%
60%
70%
70%
40%
6-D purr scent.
80%
30%. Should I even post my score
50%
60%
30% clearly no use of google
100%! Feeling lucky! Heading to Vegas! Or at least a nearby river to fish!
Great fun. Guessed on a bunch and got lucky. 100%.
Joeditt
60%. My best in a while.
30%
60%
Less than half…40%
60%
60%
80% wow!
70%. I’ll take it.
60%
70%. I am not sure exactly how a caterpillar can be defined as a nymph but Phil is as good an arbitrator as anyone on this.
80
50%
40% Expanding my knowledge!! Time to go fishing!!!
40%
Wow. Finally passed the test with an 80.
70%
Oh wow
20
Worst ever
80% despite false confidence
80%
60%
70%, I’ve got to stop second guessing myself and changing answers!
40% I got “bust” ard!
Hey Phil,
Great quiz! Love seeing NE Ohio streams get some spotlight!
80% Improving
40% All Star
50%
50%
40%
30% ouch
40. Ouch
60% Bustard of a test….
80%
60%
60%
Pure guess work
90%
70% – happy dance time
30%
80%
50%.
80%
90%
You scored 90%! not too shabby!
50%
60% about as high as a salt water guy from NJ can expect.
60%. 🙁
60%.
30
80%
80% – Not bad this time around!
60%, finally moving up again.
70%
60%
60%. I suck at these so I’m quite happy with that score. LOL
50%, great quiz!
90% personal best
Ron from Fins and Feathers scored 70%!
For a retired guy, that’s pretty good.
50%. Down to 2 on several questions, and guessed wrong.
Missed on Mr. Griffith, guessed gnat instead of TU, should have known better. 90% though!?!
50% about my average. 🙁
70%. Not my best but random draw worthy.
80%. Darn it! I knew the two misses and brain-cramped. C’est la vie, non?
Chuck
70%
70% best in a while
What only 30%, oh well
50%
70%