Ed van Put interview
I basically fish with three dry flies: An Adams, a Royal Wulff and a Pheasant Tail Midge. I kind of built a reputation on those three flies.
I’ve kept a fishing diary for 50 years. What I caught, where I caught the fish, maybe what was hatching, maybe the water temperature. During the 30-year period from 1972 to 2001 I caught a total of 6,660 brown, rainbow and brook trout on dry flies. Of this amount, 72.3% were caught on an Adams, the Pheasant Tail netted 5.6%. Overall, my three favorite flies accounted for 83.5% of the trout I caught on dry flies. I think confidence in a certain pattern plays a very important role.