Welcome to another edition of our weekly(ish) 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 another new quiz that features ten questions about flies and the species they’re used for. Of course any fly can be used to catch any fish, but we are looking for best answers here.
On the last quiz, there were eleven perfect scores, a huge improvement over the week before: Give it up for Stan Orlowski, Bradw, Rory, Charlie, Dee, Dan T, Doug, DylanW, Roger Bird, Jake Oe, and Thad Ritch. Two people, Mike and George, admitted that their perfect scores involved some help. There were a cool dozen 90% scores, four more than last week, and the most common score plummeted to 40%!
Post your score and you could win a cool fly selection.
The randomly chosen winner of this week’s quiz will receive his or her choice of an Orvis Fly Selection, featuring patterns chosen by Orvis-endorsed professional guides.
The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org) was Jeff, whose “gentleman’s C” paid off.
So post your score below for a chance at this awesome prize.
Good luck!
60%
90%
70% much improved!
50%
60% getting better…. reading is paying off!
70%, and I had such high hopes…
Meh! 60%
50%
70%.
50%
90% … too bad my bite to cast rate isn’t that high
70%
30%… ouch… I guess I need to start chasing more than just trout!
100% Looks like I know my flies!
Woo! Who! 90%. I missed the Tarpon fly question. But then, I’ve never fished or them, so how would I know?
70%
90%
60%. About my average
70 %
Ugh, 50%!
80% Tough one!
70% Yahoo!
50%, never been good at remembering fly names though. Oh, well.
30% and now I’m sad.
40%
80%–Beat my average!
90%
70%
And now we’re back: 50%
fuuuuuuuk 50%. I only fish for trout and the occasional carp.
100%! That’s my first perfect score.
100 percent, not bad.
70%
50%
100% Interesting quiz. Had to guess on one of them.
Another 100%!
80%
rough quiz 50%
80%
60% this week. Blah
60% weak…
50%
100%
30% wow
90%. That’s what happens when you live 1200 miles from salt water.
Wow–70 percent! I’m happy.
70%
40% (again!)
60!
90% – ties a PR! (but it’s a 100% if you count “Couser Deep Minnow”, though a spelling mistake doesn’t make stripers take a sparkle minnow)
oops. Fixed my speling.
one of my better efforts , 90%
50%
70% Getting much better.
30% Worst ever. When you stick to a few tried and true patterns for stream bred trout, you don’t learn a bunch of other patterns.
60 this time
70%- loving it
80%- my coffee must have kicked in.
Finally ! 100% Been a while
100%
90% I must know more about flies than I thought or maybe just really lucky today.
80%
80%!
100%. Lightning strikes twice.
90%. But I’m not sure what a Couser Minnow is.
D’oh. Fixed.
Perpetually at 40%
30%
90%
30%. Lousy.
You scored 90%!
90% again.
80%
90% what a slumpbuster, I needed that!
5p%. Considering that I don’t fish for Striped Bass, Pike, Carp, or Tarpon, I don’t feel so bad!
40%
Only 40% today. Terrible
40%, ouch.
20, oh my!
70% Best score ever. Woohoo!
70%
50
90% – I should always take the quiz after 6 hours on the road
30
40%
70% again
70%, much better than the last one!
100% woohoo
90%…two weeks running.
Ouch. 30%. I hope this quiz is graded on a curve.
70%…first time stumped by quiz!
90%! Nice score to get back to the quiz with.
70% Missed two that I should have known.
70% . I should have had my coffee first!
30%
70% same as last time
80%. Oh- and thanks for the gift, Phil. Very nice, and appreciated.
Chuck
80% not bad….guessed at a few.
60%
50%
A star-spangled 40%!
90%
70%…. Yikes!
My sweetheart caught a monster cutty in a mountain lake on our new Recon 5 wt over the weekend. Love that rod! Thanks guys and gals!
60%.
80%
60%
Ahh! 30% Really? Well it is a Monday..thats my excuse and I’m sticking to it.
DH
100% Yes…
You scored 100%!
40% ouch!! Need more exposure to different species!
30% prolly my worst one yet
20% all time low.
90%, easily my best-ever score.
70%, I had a little trouble with the saltwater questions. Still proud!
70%
70%…wasn’t the slump buster a bass fly initially?
50%
20%. I’ve got a lot to learn!
30% ouch!
You scored 40%! Once again, abysmal, but since I focus on trout and steelhead, what should I expect.