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1. This is one of the most recognized trout fly pattern of all times. It has brown hackles with a white wing, green peacock body separated by a band of red floss and a golden pheasant tippet tail. What is this pattern?
2. When mayflies hatch, they hatch in the millions. Trout will key in on these mayflies and eat only the ones that fit a pattern. If you were to fish these hatches, you will need to copy the insects the trout are eating. What is this called?
3. Mayflies are not the only aquatic insect that trout eat, what other hatches do they key in on?
4. The Dark Hendrickson trout fly matches what sub-species of mayfly?
5. When trout flies are tied to match land insects (ants, grasshoppers, etc.), what are these patterns called?
6. Why are wet flies called, "wet flies"?
7. A mayfly pattern has two up-right wings, how are the wings of the caddis and stonefly fixed on the hook?
8. March browns, gray fox, light cahill, quill gordon, blue dun and green drakes are all patterns of what?
9. If you have a pattern of a mickey finn, golden darter, grizzly king, gray ghost, yellow matuka and maribou muddlers, what would you have?
10. This trout fly is nothing more than a small ball of orange or red yarn on a hook. What is this fly called?
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