Minimalism can mean many things to many people. For some, it means doing the least possible to sustain one self. To me, however, that only makes sense if you want to hibernate. Rather, I like to think of minimalism as the key to maximizing one's day to day life; by focusing on what's important and getting rid of anything unnecessary or irrelevant.
When it comes to trout fishing with streamers, there are actually hundreds of patterns out there. In fact the choices can be mind boggling...you could literally stand on the bank of a stream for days, steadily casting, with a different fly tied on each cast. So how does one chose the right fly? Many people do it just that way; i.e. changing the pattern pretty much every cast until they hit success or run out of time.
However, if you don't want to waste time, one fly that works well for all trout species across virtually the whole continent is the Woolly Bugger. If you could only have one streamer in your fly box, it should be a Woolly Bugger.
