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 ten new questions to tickle the ol’ gray matter and see how much you know about fish biology, fly names, and angling literature.
The last quiz must have been a toughie, as there were zero perfect scores. Two people missed just one question, so offer a consolation golf clap for Winston and Bob T. There were ten 80%s, and eight 70%s, as well. The most common score jumped up to a 40%. We’re gonna need to grade this puppy on a curve.
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 Jason Randall’s Nymph Masters: Fly-Fishing Secrets from Expert Anglers, was Bob I, whose score was quite popular.
So post your score below for a chance to win a great book.
Good luck!
60%
60% decent for me
50%.
70%
40%, oof.
50%
70 % today.
40%
60%
30% getting closer to a perfect 0%
40%
70% – been a long time
40% Gotta hold up the average! Stay cool y’all!!
80%
Got a 60%
60%
70%. #1 is arguable. The kootenay flows to pacific while the other three flow to the gulf. I assume you were referring to the lack of dams on the Yellowstone.
Good call. Give yourself another 10% if you chose Kootenay.
80%
40%
40%
50%
Pure luck.
60%
70%
30 % uuuugh !!!
50%
50% what the H___ happened
50%
60% but the yuk bug question…. idk…
80%, it’s an improvement over last week.
60%
60%
Embarrassing
50%
40% worst ever. Don’t get question 1.
One of those rivers is undammed.
50%
70%
60%
50%
30%
50%
30%
80%
60%, one of my better attempts! (All luck I didn’t know most…)
50%
70%
70%
60% hopefully they grade this on a curve as well
40% not so good
50%.
70
60%
30%
30% Worst yet.
60%
30%
60%
30%. Not bad for sitting in an airport half asleep!
50%
40% First quiz taken on orvis
50%
50%
30%… yikes
70%
50%, not great but not my worst.
60%
80%
50%
70% – Could be worse
50% is my best score ever I think… That’s better than the ratio of casts to fish I catch too! ugh.
60%
50%, but I also have a beef on #1 since the waters of the Madison, Bighorn, and Yellowstone all flow into the Missouri you can argue (I am) that the Missouri is the one that doesn’t belong.
30%
40%, batting .400 gets you to the hall of fame, right?
40%
Ugh! 30%
70%
70% Best yet!
70%
70%…sometimes even a guess doesn’t help!
30% . I don’t seem to be getting any better at this.
You scored 80%! Better.
30%.
60%
70%
50% right on target
30%… starting to regress..
60%
50%
60%
40%
40%. Need some studying!
70% but guessed a lot
40. If this a highway I would be in the no passing zone
Carp! Another 60%
50%
50%
50% Not bad! On the way to Conejos Colorado to learn more answers for future quizzes!
40% again, oh well
40%
70%…yippee! I should go out and fish instead of doing quizzes!
40%
70%
30%..oh well,
60%
30%. At this rate of decline I will be at a record breaking 0 the quiz after the next one.
70%
60%
40%.
50%
80%
70%