Where do yours’ go? I have plastic bins of IDK patterns. I Don’t Know what they were suppose to be. Often I tied with improvisation, trying to not so much match anything as create something interesting, and to me enticing to the trout. Not a good process. Better to match something then improvise and then keep it in the ballpark of reality. Yet, hundreds of flies fill plastic bins. Flies that rarely saw water, immediately rejected at the vise or removed from a box after dozens of mental rejections on the water. Sometimes, I find a few like these that actually seem OK rather than IDK……….
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Fly Tying and the IDK Pattern(s)





The second to last one simply looks like a black ap nymph
(like this one: http://www.westfly.com/fly-pattern-recipe/wet/apnymph.shtml)
Other than that I think I wouldn’t mind trying the second one in the lineup– maybe tie some white prince nymph style biots on there first…
cheers
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Well, Brian, I have about a billion of those beautiful beads!!! for #2. Thanks for tip re #3…I think those overly stubby turkey legs turned me off…and…it looks a hell of a lot better with a macro lens than by normal sight.
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Personally, I believe trout are like people…some smart, some not so smart, some instinctual and primitive…some more selective. But, food, shelter, territory prevail like for us. Closer to real is probably better, but many outstanding tiers tie impressionistic patterns that are excellent producers. Also, water clarity, speed of current, lighting all aid or hinder a fish from seeing a morsel as worthy or unworthy. Considering what fish take in sometimes, I will spare my brain the never ending what if’s and go for near enough and presentation.
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That is where I found the IDK’s. I have pulled some out and they now reside in the nymph boxes. Now, I must remember to overcome those previous biases and conditioning and fish these flies with a certainty that always improves the presentation….sometimes presentation is more important than the fly….as long as it is close or ‘Near Enough’ (explore the late Oregon fly tying legend, Polly Rosborough and his ‘fuzzy nymphs’).
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