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Basically, what ever you have confidence in. I feel like people get way to picky over secific patterns. Its the presentation that makes the difference. That said you are going to see the same fly listed over and over in this thread so those should be good flies to try.
Two rules for getting going:
Only fish dries when you see risers. YES, you can catch feesh on dries at other times but the odds are against you. Eception being small cricks.
Second, add more split shot when nymphing. I rarely fish with less than a BB, and most often fish with 2 BBs. A rule of thumb, 1 BB per 4 feet of water. That of course depends on the flow rate. Other half of this is to make sure you get a nice upstream mend in when using an indicator. No matter how much weight you throw if the indicator doesn't start upstream of your flies they will never get down. I'm sure you've read it, but its true if you aren't losing flies then you aren't fishing. Seriously expect to lose 3 flies per hour to the bottom.(you can reduce that number by pulling upstream on bottom hooked flies)
That said here are the flies I get %90 of my feesh on:
Mercer Micro-may in olive or black #16-20
Prince Nymph with gold bead #12-16 (hate to say it but it just works)
Hares ear #14-18 (me likes a black bead head ifn ya can find em)
Golden stones #10-12
Midge in cream or black #18-20
Dries:
E/C Caddis #14-18 (My #1 dry, way outfishes the EHC) see ralph cutters website for details
Parachute Adams #12-18 all you need for mayflies
Stimulator#6-12 makes an awesome dry/dropper fly for small waters and gets feesh almost anywhere
And thats it. Spend more time focusing on how you feesh the flies than what flies you are feeshing.
Good luck and be sure to post reports no matter how many fish you catch. we were all there and love to hear the new found joy.
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