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, I’ve tried something totally new. As you can imagine, after all this time, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to think up new questions. So I had a fun idea: I took last week’s trivia challenge and left all the multiple choices the same; but I came up with new questions to go with them. So, we’ve got 20 new questions about fish species–their native ranges, their Latin names, and other oddities.
The last quiz was, as expected, a difficult one, since it required quite a bit of geographic knowledge. However, one person–the polymathic Stephen Fitch–got ’em all right. The next highest score was a 90%, achieved by Jeremiah Bakk, who wrote, “Disclaimer: I travel the US for work and have made it a goal to catch the state fish of each of the states I visit, so only had to guess on a few.” The most common score dropped further, to a 45%.
The winner of this week’s random drawing will receive a a copy of Nick Curcione’s new Saltwater Edge: Tips and Tactics for Saltwater Fly Fishing. In this book, Curcione covers his entire saltwater system (knots, rigging, tackle, approach) with detailed information on shooting heads, sinking lines, and two-handed rods for the salt, which have not been covered thoroughly in any other book.
The winner of our last quiz (as determined by random.org), and recipient of a copy of Tom Rosenbauer’s completely revised Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide, was AB, who asked, “Humuhnu-wha?”
So post your score below for a chance to win a great book.
Good luck!
85%. And I learned some cool new facts!
80%… my best yet!
80% best I have done in a while
55%
As someone who grew up in the mid-Atlantic, I’m embarrassed to say I got the rock fish question wrong.
70
80%
90% best yet
55%
90% – im happy with that
65%
60%, sadly better than usual
60%
70%
70%
60% can,t complain
90%. Big improvement over recent scores.
80% Rock on! Keep these longer quizzes coming!
90%
70
80%
80%
Better than last week!
80%
75%
Oio…60%. I’ll take it!
70%
85%
50%
75%
55
40%
70%
80%
85%
45%, need to hit the books
75%
50%
75%. Best ever . Threw us slackers a bone on this one, huh?
65%
85%
70% . Think I was lucky to get that many.
60%
65%
75%
80%
60%- D’s don’t get degrees…
90%
75% a lot better than the last quiz
45% oh well
60%
85%
55%
80%
80%. This quiz seemed a little easier than the last few.
Scored 100% but didn’t get recognized?
Hi Gordon, There’s no comment from you saying you got 100% on last week’s quiz. That’s how we know who got a perfect score.
70% Pretty Good!
80%
50%
50%
You scored 90%!
85% love the 20 question quiz!
50%. Sorry to bring down the average.
Could have had 80, but I guessed wrong on a few that I narrowed between two answers.
Yea, I know, doesn’t matter. 50% it is.
45%
65%
55% better
90%…should have gone with my first answers.
Oio vey… 75%
65% yikes :\
55%.
60% – gettin’ better!
45 is actually good for me.
75%, meh…
80% looking up
85% not bad !
60%
70%
45%
50%
50%
90%
60%
55%
Fun quiz. 60%
65%
70%
50%
60% Not bad.
55%
70% yeah!
75%
70% My highest so far.
75% today.
75% Need to brush up on my Hawaiian . . .
50%
85% personal high, and I switched a correct answer, northern pike to walleye. Trust your gut.
60%
70% My best in awhile.
65% feeling better about how I’m doing. One of these days I’ll get a passing grade…
65% – at least it was an upgrade from my last score
75% – Better than usual.
80% Bring it, Wilcox 🙂
70% back to mediocre
60%. Great quiz!
65%- I’ll take it.
You scored 65%, better than last week!
60%
70% better than I thought I did!
Ate E purr scent.
60 per cent. Brookies are found in salt water?
https://www.searunbrookie.org/
90% My best by far…
75%, actually knew most of the answers.
85 %
65%
70%, all I can say is better than last week
I’ll celebrate with 65%
60% Given my recent dismal performances on prior weeks this is a win. Yep!
75
75%
60%
60%! My new PB after four or five weeks of participation.
100%, guessing pays off… eventually
60%. Pretty darn good for me.
80%, my best in weeks.
A respectable 85%.