Nice report. Come visit CT and we can get some giants on the fly.
Love those fall colors on the native brookies.Housie? Caught some big browns there in the late 70's & early 80's.
Congrats, the first season with a fly rod is always interesting lol. There’s always more to learn, and bad habits to unlearn as we go. I’ve been at it for three years now, and still have times I’m just looking blankly into my fly boxes with no idea what to tie on and how to fish it lol.
There isn't much to be confused about when it comes to fly selection. It all comes with experience. Personally, I tie on a big black woolly bugger and that usually does the trick for most places. Pocket water nymphing is different but still, there should only be a handful of flies you are tying on and as long as you are fishing the nymphs/streamers correctly, you will catch stuff.