5 favorite flies

[Greasemonkey]

Ok guys if you could only have 5 flies to fish with on a lake at any time of year what would you take, for me it would be a bead headed olive wooly bugger,a bead headed prince nymph, a back swimmer, Adams, and a H and L variant.

Now for a stream my five would be a copper John , a terrestrial probably a ant or grasshopper( not sure which probably ant) a bead headed prince nymph, clouser minnow, golden stone fly no make that a stimulator.

Target fish is trout any kind, size of fly doesn't matter just curious on choices what every one likes

[rmatei]

Add the Doc Sprately, elk hair caddis, orange blob, a leech pattern and lots of different colors of the Stimulator.

[trigger7mm]

For me it would be.......Doc Spratley, 52 Buick, Damsel Ntmph, Leech Pattern, Evil Weevil. A few chronimids wouldn't hurt either.

[wet work]

elk hair caddis, adams, hare's ear (beadhead), stimulator, maribou muddler

[Dust1n]

Adams, Scuds, Leech, Boatman and a PT nymph
That covers most of the hatches a Lake would have but if your up for it cronimids will also fit into there for the early season when nothing else is hatching.

[Albertafisher]

Stimulator, Intruder variant, Evil weevil, Foam stone, Zonker. With those 5 flies I'm confident that I could catch a majority of the fish species in Alberta, from trout to mooneye to pike. Although limiting myself to five flies isn't as fun as having a terminal of flies to throw

[fish gunner]

for lakes.
spruce streamer
royal coachman streamer
doc spratly
a boat man pattern
bead head leech

for streams.
gray adams
winged ant
sparce elk hair caddis
trailing shuck caddis
mickey finn

[Alberta Bigbore]

Elk Hair Caddis
Stimulator
B.H. Prince Nymph
B.H. TNT Pheasant tail Nymph
Foam Beetle

[CanAlta]

Lakes
San Juan worm
Scud
Ice Cream Cone (black w/silver ribbing)
Micro leech
BH copper john w/rubber legs

Rivers
Stimulator
Joe's hopper
EHC
Klinkhammer
Doc Spratley

Lefty's deciever is my goto fly for pike and bulls.

[bobalong]

Really only use about three in lakes

chironomids
leech
scud

[ReactionFly]

Lakes
Chan's Ice Cream Cone
Black Gnat
Damsel Weevil
BWO Killer
Balanced Leech

Streams
Foam Stimulator
Egg Sucking Leech
Clouser Minnow
Tumblin' Beetle
Stoned Prince

[lannie]

Griffiths Gnat, CDC blue winged olive, Elk hair Caddis, Orange Stimulator, Royal Wulff.

[Bhflyfisher]

Lakes:
Balanced leeches
Chironomids
Fullback Nymph
Damsel Nymph
Calibaetis nymph

Rivers:
Jimmy legs
Copper John
Prince Nymph
San Juan Worm
Caddis Pupae

90% of the fishes feeding is done underwater. In this selection (various sizes), im confident i could catch fish anywhere. If you had to add a dry flies it would be

1.Adams
2.Chernobyl Ant variant
3. Goddard caddis.