Welcome to another edition of our trivia challenge, where we test your knowledge of all things fly fishing and where you might learn a thing or two about this sport we love.
The last quiz was a tough one, with 20 questions of game-fish nicknames. Although there were no perfect scores, six of you came within a whisker, scoring 95%. (Congrats Zach, Sean, R.E. Cox, Chuck B., Mark P. and Richard Ellis!)
This week’s quiz features another twenty (20!) questions about trout flies. As with last week’s quiz, some of the patterns are regional, so don’t feel too bad if you don’t know them.
As usual, the randomly chosen winner of this week’s quiz will receive a signed copy of Tom’s book The Orvis Guide to Small Stream Fly Fishing. This is a great book for anyone who loves getting off the beaten path and chasing blue lines. It provides all the information for finding and fishing unspoiled gems found everywhere from wilderness areas to suburban backyards. Last week’s book winner (as determined by random.org) was Leonard Swintek.
So, take this week’s quiz, and no matter how well or poorly you do, post your score in the comments below to be eligible to win Tom’s book with his inspirational words on the title page.
Good luck!
Take Our Quiz!
Everybody knows the Royal Wulff, but how deep is your knowledge of trout flies?
The glass was half full.
You scored 85%! Green butt skunk?
40% I hadn’t even heard of 90% of these
Is it the Ausable Wulff pattern?
You scored 75%!
65%, ouch!
90%
75% but many guesses……
Well the ones I did know and used i obviously got right the others ugh need top spend time reading all the flies including those not used
30 percent
70%
45%
You scored 70%!
90% oops on the RAINBOW warrior~ at least I was good on my local/regional flies!
Tight Lines,
Koz
True North Trout
60%… with lots of lucky guesses…
scored 90%
90%
40%, considering i hadn’t heard of any of those. What happened to California Blondes, Half down stones,
bead head prince, wooly bugger etc?
35%. Wow, some wild names.
90%
85%
That’s what I love about this sport, there is always something new to learn. 75% with a couple lucky guesses. I’m kicking myself in the butt for missing the Bunion Bug. A River Runs Through It.
40%, I am gonna start asking Hank for tips.
85%
scored 85%! I still read well LOL
95% Whoo Hoo!!!
None ringed a bell.
You scored 30%!
45% lots of guessing
50-50
50%
60%!
85%
35% I haven’t heard of MOST of these flies.
Have lots more to learn!
ouch!
ouch
70%….not too shabby… really need to catch on steamers….
45% ???
95%
85% most I knew guessed wrong on the others
60% isn’t to bad!
Hahaha 55%. Pretty Bad
90% woot
70% could be worse
45%
50%
40% Could be worse!
90% some lucky guesses. If I didn’t recognize it, I guessed salmon streamer.
Mr Rapidan is a nymph that Murray’s fly shop offers???
I was thinking this too, but he calls that the Mr. Rapidan nymph. He also has a Mr. Rapidan midge, Mr. Rapidan parachute, Mr. Rapidan beadhead, etc…
https://catalog.murraysflyshop.com/collections/flies/products/mr-rapidan-dry
Here’s just the Mr. Rapidan
70%
65%
80%. I missed EVERY SINGLE one I didn’t know for sure. Hmmm… Next time – C, C, C, C…
50%
35% oh well not bad for a 15 year old in NC (or so i tell myself).
50%
60%
80%…I knew more than I thoght, still lots of guesses though.
50% ouch !!!
65% rough!
55%. Never heard of a single one!
80%
60%
65% – never heard of some of those
50 ouch
70%
I have never heard of at least half of these, and probably will never fish with most of them. 65%.
I had heard of roughly 1/3 of those flies. Yet I still managed a 45%. While that’s better than 33%, I clearly did not fare too well guessing. Nice shout out for the Bunyan Bug btw.
100%! OK, so I totally cheated. But I had fun learning about the different flies with my open book test approach.
50
80%.
60%. Well I did better than just random guessing.
65% I’m okay with the score. Lots to learn in fly fish’in!!
60%
95% I knew _of_ the Crackleback, just not how it’s used.
I think the green butt skunk is a steelhead wet fly, not a streamer 85%
50 % !
85%. Everyone that I guessed at-I missed. Back to the scientific eeny-meeni-mini-mo
50%, which I’m not to upset about.
Fun quiz. But you are right some of them I had no idea. 80%
55%…Best score yet!
Dan
100%! $3 Dip sounded like it might be a nymph.
Scored 80%
60% even with a lot of guesses
75%, never heard of a few of those. Colonel Bates? I’m gonna have to look that up.
50%
A lucky 70% today. Sure did not know some of the streamers.
65% Recognized all the names, but couldn’t remember all the types. Thanks, Phil!
90%!!!
Ouch 45%…need to read more
So far, my best quiz score at 95%. The H&L variant got me.
60%
70%, there was definitely some guessing involved with this one.
Missed 3
60 percent
55% Knew some, but didn’t guess too well!
16/20 80%… Better than I thought I would have gotten. Some obscurities on there.
100%
20/20 questions
pulled a 50%. Interesting.
55% on quite a few guesses
40%
50% – Better than I thought! Hadn’t heard of most of these so I will be looking them up
85% this week. Not bad. I’ll take it.
70%. A lot better than any previous quiz I took!
90% – with 2 i missed typed
I scored 90% on your latest quiz. I would love to get the book. I hope that I am lucky.
90% Didn’t get the $3 Dip, will have to check that streamer out.
45%.
95% so close!
65%…mmmm, not bad. Truly some local yokels in there. Besides my ‘crackle back’, the crackle backs I’ve see are nymphs!
65%
70% AT LEAST I PASSED 🙂
85%–pays to carry fly rod and gear on business trips
70% – Missed a couple I should have gotten.
70% just 4 I didn’t know-not bad!
95% Heh! Heh! You said, “butt monkey”!
70%. 100 percent guess.
100 % evidently i need to cultivate other facets of my life. and i believe the green butt skunk is indeed a steelhead wet
I scored 85%. Didn’t know some of the Western flies.
Tough! Guessed on more than a few!
70%
I got 60%. Not great but at least it was better than the last quiz where I think I scored 30%.
65% with luck
80%
45%. Really?
70%. I was feeling pretty confident after the first four questions…
70%, not bad
%65
75%!
50.
55% half full
60% ouch!!
95. doin better, doin better.
100% 20/20
Scored 75%.
80%, not awful
WooHoo! 90%! I agree that the Green Butt Skunk was a bit tricky, though.
Keep ’em coming
Jed Green
90% One of the wrong answers I actually knew. What a screw up….
35% ouch!!
80 percent. I guess I need to get the Rude Fly Book for my next birthday!
Nice quiz, Phil, East to West. 100% correct here. Best wishes.
55% tough quiz but better score than last one
25%, guessed on all of them. Great quiz!
50%
45%. Could be better but could be way worse.
75%, some I couldn’t remember.