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True-Fly Patterns

  • Parachute Red Quill

    Parachute Red Quill

    A common name used in reference to a number of mayfly species, the Parachute Red Quill is a fly that can be used to match a number of species spanning the entirety of the US during the spring, summer, and fall.  Used to match the dun just out of the...

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  • Parachute Loopwing Callibaetis

    Loopwing Parachute Callibaetis

    True to the natural Callibaetis Mayfly down to the speckled wing and long tail, the Loopwing Parachute Callibaetis is an almost spot-on imitation of this important stillwater mayfly species.  When fishing ponds and lakes which normally only...

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  • BWO CDC Pearlwing Spinner

    BWO CDC Pearlwing Spinner

    Without a doubt, the most important moving water mayfly species in the trout's diet is the Blue Winged Olive (BWO).  With numbers topping thousands of BWO nymphs per square meter on the bottom of many of our rivers, and as many as two generations of...

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  • BWO Parachute Emerger

    BWO Parachute Emerger

    The little Blue Winged Olive (BWO) mayfly of the family baetidae are arguably the most important moving-water mayfly hatch for both the trout and the fly angler.  Capable of producing two generations per year, the BWO's high level of activity...

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  • Matt's Hi-Vis Trico Spinner

    Matt's Hi Vis Trico Spinner

    The tiny moving water mayfly family of Tricorythodes (or more commonly known as Tricos) make up what for what they lack in size (generally sizes 18-22) with their almost plague-like numbers.  Creating swarms that can shadow the river, the...

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  • Matt's Lead Trico Spinner

    Matt's Lead Trico Spinner

    The tiny moving water mayfly family of Tricorythodes (or more comonly known as Tricos) make up what for what they lack in size (generally sizes 18-22) with their almost plague-like numbers.  Creating swarms that can shadow the river, the...

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  • Parachute Trico Emerger

    Parachute Trico Emerger

    A common summer through fall mayfly hatch throughout most of the US, the small-statured Trico mayflies will emerge in such numbers that they will commonly blanket the waters from which they hatch!  During these abundant hatches, trout will actively...

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  • Extended Body Hex Spinner

    Extended Body Hex Spinner

    The queen of North American mayflies, the Hexegenia or Hex mayfly is only outclassed in size by one other species.  Found across the United States burrowed into the silty bottoms of lakes and large rivers, the Hex mayfly nymphs will emerge...

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  • Foam Body Parachute Hex

    Foam Body Parachute Hex

    This large, extended body foam Hex mayfly matches the profile and grandeur of the queen of mayflies, Hexeginia limbata. Found across the United States, burrowed into the silty bottoms of lakes and large rivers, the Hex mayfly nymphs will emerge to...

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  • Hex Emerger

    Hex Emerger

    Half in and half out of the water, the Hex Emerger Pattern imitates the Hex mayfly nymph breaking out of its nymphal skin and starting to spread its wings for the first time.  Up until the emergence, the Hex nymphs spend their time burrowed...

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  • Hendrickson Spinner

    Hendrickson Spinner

    The perfect end to one of the first big mayfly hatches of the year, the Hendrickson Spinner is tied to match the spawned out and dying spinner as they fall to the water.  With the adult Hendrickson just living 24-48 hours outside of the water, this...

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  • Parachute Hendrickson Emerger

    Parachute Hendrickson Emerger

    One of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, and New England, the trout wake from their winter stupor to pursue these emerging Hendrickson mayflies with gusto!  While often overlooked and under...

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  • Dark Hendrickson

    Dark Hendrickson

    Tied to match the East coast's first and most prolific Spring mayfly hatch, that of Ephemerella subvaria or Dark Hendrickson.  The traditional Dark Hendrickson dry fly pattern has been a staple in the fly angler's box and is a go-to match for...

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  • Light Hendrickson

    Light Hendrickson

    Light Hendrickson, Ephemerella invaria, or Sulpher are all names for the same explosive mayfly hatch that takes over East Coast rivers each spring.  Following the Dark Hendrickson or Ephemerella subvaria hatch, with warming water...

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  • Parachute Sulphur Dun

    Parachute Sulphur Dun

    One of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, East Coast, and New England, the trout wake from their winter stupor to pursue the Sulphur mayflies with gusto!  An equally effective and highly visible...

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  • BXB Parachute Slate Drake Dun

    BXB Parachute Slate Drake Dun

    The Slate Drake (or genus Isonychia) is a prominent, big bodied mayfly that hatches in trout streams across the East and Midwest.  While not found in the numbers of some of the spring-emerging mayflies such as the Sulphurs, the trout will...

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  • BXB Parachute Yellow Drake

    BXB Parachute Yellow Drake

    The Yellow Drake (Ephemera varia) is a massive mayfly that emgerges from Midwestern and Eastern streams each fall.  Unlike other mayflies in the Ephemera family, which hatch from the water in a flurry over a week, the Yellow Drake will emerge...

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  • BXB Green Drake Coffin Fly BXB Green Drake Coffin Fly

    BXB Green Drake Coffin Fly

    Found across the Eastern US and Canada and as far West as Arkansas, the Eastern Green Drake or Ephemera guttulata hatch is rivaled only in size and numbers by that of the giant Hex mayflies.  Renowned for the clouds of large, light colored...

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  • Grey Drake Spinner

    Grey Drake Spinner

    The mayfly genus of Siphlonurus, commonly known as Grey Drakes, are an important still water and slow moving water family spanning the US and Canada.  Swimming quickly to the surface in a hatch that lasts a number of months, it is the...

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  • Parachute Grey Drake Biot Emerger

    Parachute Grey Drake Biot Emerger

    The Grey Drake or genus Siphlonurus emerges from waters across the US and Canada throughout the day over a period of several months each summer.  The Parachute Grey Drake Biot Emerger is best fished as fish are following these free swimming...

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  • Extended Body Foam Grey Drake

    Extended Body Foam Grey Drake

    The mayfly genus of Siphlonurus, commonly known as Grey Drakes, are an important still water and slow moving water family spanning the US and Canada.  Swimming quickly to the surface in a hatch that lasts a number of months, it is the...

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  • Goldbead Poxyback PMD

    Goldbead Poxyback PMD

    The nymph life cycle of the Pale Morning Dun is actively preyed upon by trout in both Eastern and Western rivers.  Known to take multiple "practice runs" between the bottom of the river and the surface before committing to emergence, trout will feed...

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  • Goldbead Poxyback Green Drake Goldbead Poxyback Green Drake

    Goldbead Poxyback Green Drake

    One of the largest species of mayflies found in the rivers and streams of the West, a drifting Goldbead Poxyback Green Drake represents one of the trout's favorite foods!  Big and clumsy, and often washed away from its rocky refuge by high Spring...

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  • Orange Beadhead Loop Egg Pink Beadhead Loop Egg Red Beadhead Loop Egg

    Beadhead Loop Egg

    Eggs are a trout favorite, as they are one of the first major meals available to trout after ice off as well as one of the last chances to pack on weight before the lean winter months.  During the spawn, all trout will actively feed on eggs...

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