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Customers have sent lists of their top ten fly fishing flies. The idea is to help other fishermen learn what flies work well in different regions. That way if you are going on holiday to a different country and want to know what flies to take you can just check this page to get a better idea. Send by e-mail your top ten list of fishing flies. Remember to say where you fish and what hook size you use.

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France	MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH EAST FRANCE CDC emergers size 14 - 24 CDC spents size 10 - 24 Parachute Flies size 10 - 20 Peute Dry Fly size 10 - 16 Goddards Sedge size 10 - 14 Hot Spot Pheasant Tails size 16 - 20 Pheasant tails size 16 - 20 Shrimp size 14 - 18 Beaded Pheasant Tails 10 - 20 Buzzers size 18 - 24 Beaded Lafontaine Caddis size 10 to 16 Christopher Noharet, Saint Marcel Les Valence, France FLY FISHING IN SOUTHERN FRANCE Bonjour, here are some flies to use on the Verdon River, Verdon Canyon, Southern France 100km west of Nice. 1. Any trout streamer up to 10cm long as the trout can be quite big (record is a 11kg brown trout) 2. Spent Ignatia hook size 12-16 for the evening. 3. Caenis hook size 18 for very hot summer days, morning and evening 4. Ant hook size 16 very good, especially in the summer all day 5. Red Sedge hook size 12 - 16 , for big trout in the evening 6. Any kind of nymph, usual size for big river The best period is dry fly end of spring and in summer. Ants are good in autumn with streamers all year long. Difficult to access the river in the canyon. 2 hour walk at least but worth it, better with a guide. The Canyon is near Castellane 100 km west of Nice. Bye Fabrice Borel, Lyon, France
Germany	GERMAN FLY FISHING I'm glad to share my favorite flies with you. I live in Belgium but my my fly fishing trips take me to Germany. Favorite German fishing places are the Eifel region, The Black Forest and Baveria. Dry Flies 1. Sedge (Caddis) Bresson 2. Adams parachute 3. Buck Caddis (Elk Hair Caddis) size 10 - 20) 4. Dun (differnt CDC colours but also parachute tied on Tiemco 531) 5. May fly 6. Coachman ( for almost all terrestrials) Nymphs 1.Black gold bead (Stonefly or Gold Ribbed Hares Ear) size 10 or 12 2.Frank Sawyer pheasant Tails 3.Little Brownie Best wishes Guido Vervoort, Bierbeek, Belgium FLYFISHING IN GERMANY Normally I go fishing in lowland rivers in north east Germany which are inhibited by native and partially stocked brown trout populations. In some cases, grayling is also common. During holidays, I prefer flyfishing in rivers near the mountain areas, often in the Alps or the central German Mountain region. Flies commonly used are: Hawthorne fly 16/18 hook Pale Watery 14/16 hook Light Cahill 14/16 hook Brown CDC sedges and dry flies hook 16 Big Mayflies hook 10 Adams Hook 12/14 Hoopers 12/14 hook Bugs hook 14/16 Zonkers, Muddlers & woolly buggers hook size 10 In more open rivers outside the lowlands, gold beaded hares ear nymphs and Pheasant tail nymphs are further the favorites. Hope this helps Thomas Mehner, Berlin,S Germany
Holland	FLY FISHING IN HOLLAND I fish mostly on trout in fish lakes, Also jack Pike, perch, brim, redeye, carp My top ten list 1. Marabou goldhead (mostly orange and yellow) & Muddlers, redtag Muddlers with goldhead 2. Bead head Caddis Pupa's 3. Jack Frost 4. Jaffa Orange 5. Bibio's (different types) 6. Boobies 7. Pike Bunny Ear 8. Epoxy Streamers 9. Ocks (Large streamer) 10. Marabou Furstrip Streamer Jaap, Neatherlands FLY FISHING IN HOLLAND We fishing in different locations and waters. In the winter we fishing, my friends en me, members of the flyfishing club "Groot Rotterdam" in the Lake Oostvoorne near by Rotterdam. Try to cast an rainbowtrout. Also we fishing in the winter of Snoek, in the "Krimpernerwaard". Two times in the jear we going to Germany fishing in the Kyll for an long weekend also for trout and flagsalmon. For the first time we going this jear to Slovenie with 5 members for an hole week. The flies we fish are: Gold beaded Pheasant tail nymph, Gold bead gold ribbed ear nymph, all sort of Caddis flies, Bibio's, Boobies, Muddlers, CDC flies, Stoneflie nymph and so an. Hooksize is between 12 and 22. In the winter we fish with streamers. Jan de Blaauw
Italy	NORTHERN ITALY FLY FISHING Dear Mr Moore, Thank you for the quick delivery of my order. I just got it some days ago and I'm already very excited for using them. As you've been asking me for the place I go fishing. I would like to explain. Usually I go fishing in the mountain torrents in North Italy close to Turin. Normally I use small quantities of flies but always dry flies. In those rivers it is necessary to search for fish. Like that I often use Royal Wulff on a #14 Royal Coach man on #16 or #14 Wickham's Fancy on #12 or #14 and other types of flies, but my preferred is the March brown fly. Many Regards Ernesto Fiora, Italy NORTHERN ITALY FLY FISHING My fishing places are small mountain streams in north Italy, chalk and river Top Ten Flies Klinkhammer size 14, 16 Adams size 14 Black Ant size 16, 18 Prince's Nymph size 10, 12, 14 Midge Spent size 20, 22, 18 Midge CDC size 18, 20 Stonefly nymph size 8, 10,12 Blue Dun Parachute size 12, 14 BWO parachute size 12, 14 Gino Miller

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