Dry Flies
Matching all of your fliers, floaters, hoppers, and crawlers, dry fly patterns imitate adult life cycles and terrestrial bugs as they float on top of the water.
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Albino Hex
Ascent Fly FishingThe queen of North American mayflies, the Hexegenia or Hex mayfly is only outclassed in size by one other species. Found across the United States ...
View full detailsBlue Dun CDC Comparadun
Ascent Fly FishingThe Blue Dun is a common name that has been applied to a number of spring and summer emerging mayfly species, including the Black Quills, Blue Quil...
View full detailsBlue Winged Olive Mayfly Selection
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
The Blue Winged Olive Mayfly is one of the most prolific mayfly families in the United States and can be found on rivers and streams at every eleva...
View full detailsBWO CDC Comparadun
Ascent Fly FishingSitting lower in the water than both the Parachute BWO and the Thorax BWO, the BWO CDC Comparadun makes it appear trapped in the surface film, and ...
View full detailsBWO CDC Pearlwing Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingWithout a doubt, the most important moving water mayfly species in the trout's diet is the Blue Winged Olive (BWO). With numbers topping thousands...
View full detailsBWO CDC Thorax Dun
Ascent Fly FishingTied with both a hackle wrap behind the eye of the hook and a thick tuft of CDC feathers off its back, the BWO CDC Thorax Dun is an extra buoyant p...
View full detailsBWO Parachute Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingThe little Blue Winged Olive (BWO) mayfly of the family baetidae are arguably the most important moving-water mayfly hatch for both the trout and t...
View full detailsBWO Sparkle Dun
Ascent Fly FishingThe little Blue Winged Olive (BWO) mayfly of the family baetidae is arguably the most important moving-water mayfly hatch for both the trout and th...
View full detailsBXB Green Drake Coffin Fly
Ascent Fly FishingFound 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...
View full detailsBXB Parachute Slate Drake Dun
Ascent Fly FishingThe Slate Drake (or genus Isonychia) is a prominent, big bodied mayfly that hatches in trout streams across the East and Midwest. While not found ...
View full detailsBXB Parachute Yellow Drake
Ascent Fly FishingThe Yellow Drake (Ephemera varia) is a massive mayfly that emgerges from Midwestern and Eastern streams each fall. Unlike other mayflies in the Ep...
View full detailsCallibaetis Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingFound throughout the lower 48 states and Canada, the Callibaetis Mayfly is one of our few stillwater (pond, lake, and reservoir) mayfly species. W...
View full detailsDark Hendrickson
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Tied to match the East coast's first and most prolific Spring mayfly hatch, that of Ephemerella subvaria or Dark Hendrickson. The traditional Dark...
View full detailsEastern Green Drake Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe spawned out mayfly spinner, floating on top of the water after death, is among the easiest food and fastest calories for the feeding trout. Im...
View full detailsExtended Body Foam Grey Drake
Ascent Fly FishingThe mayfly genus of Siphlonurus, commonly known as Grey Drakes, are an important still water and slow moving water family spanning the US and Canad...
View full detailsExtended Body Hex Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe queen of North American mayflies, the Hexegenia or Hex mayfly is only outclassed in size by one other species. Found across the United States ...
View full detailsFemale Adams
Ascent Fly FishingA unique fly matching one of the most vulnerable ad productive life-cycles of the Mayfly, the Female Adams imitates the egg-laying spinner that has...
View full detailsFoam Body Parachute Hex
Ascent Fly FishingThis large, extended body foam Hex mayfly matches the profile and grandeur of the queen of mayflies, Hexeginia limbata. Found across the United Sta...
View full detailsGinger Quill
Ascent Fly FishingGinger Quill is a name that is used in a number of regions to describe more than half a dozen mayfly species. If you are looking to cover more wat...
View full detailsGo-To Dry Mayfly Selection
Ascent Fly FishingWhile not as numerous as midges or as large as stoneflies, mayflies are without question one of the most important food sources for trout in most s...
View full detailsGreen Drake Parachute Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingThe Jumbo Jet of Western mayflies, the Green Drake takes a long time to spread its wings and get off the water. During the Green Drake hatch, trou...
View full detailsGreen Drake Sparkle Dun
Ascent Fly FishingAmong the largest moving water mayfly species in the western US, the Green Drake dwarfs other mayfly species when it emerges each summer. Due to t...
View full detailsGreg's Parachute Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingThe closest legal alternative to fishing with dynamite during a mayfly hatch, the Parachute Greg's Emerger is - hands down - our favorite dry mayfl...
View full detailsGrey Drake Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe mayfly genus of Siphlonurus, commonly known as Grey Drakes, are an important still water and slow moving water family spanning the US and Canad...
View full detailsH & L Variant
Ascent Fly FishingThe H & L Variant is a high floating, traditional dry fly that has been fooling trout for more than 60 years. While sharing many characteristi...
View full detailsHair Wing Green Drake
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Specifically tied to match the adult Western Green Drake (both dun and spinner life cycles), the Hair Wing Green Drake is an almost spot-on imitati...
View full detailsHen Wing Green Drake
Ascent Fly Fishing4.5 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Specifically tied to match the adult Western Green Drake (both dun and spinner life cycles) the Hen Wing Green Drake is an almost spot-on imitation...
View full detailsHendrickson Mayfly Selection
Ascent Fly FishingHendrickson is a common name that anglers have used to encompass both the species of Ephemerella invaria (also known as the Sulphur of Light Hendri...
View full detailsHendrickson Sparkle Dun
Ascent Fly FishingOne of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, and New England, the trout wake from their winter s...
View full detailsHendrickson Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe 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 t...
View full detailsHex Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingHalf 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 it...
View full detailsHex Mayfly Selection
Ascent Fly FishingPopulating lakes and slack waters in every US State (except Alaska, Arizona, and New Mexico), and spreading throughout every Canadian province exce...
View full detailsHi Vis Parachute Adams
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
If we were only allowed to fish one dry mayfly pattern for the rest of our days on the water, that pattern would be the Parachute Adams. If we wer...
View full detailsHi Vis Parachute BWO
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Depending on where you live, a number of different mayflies might share the name of Blue Winged Olive (BWO), but the vast majority of the time it i...
View full detailsHi Vis Parachute PMD
Ascent Fly FishingAfter the BWO hatch each spring, the Pale Morning Dun or PMD is the next major mayfly hatch for streams and rivers across the West. If you are loo...
View full detailsHumpy
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
This large-bodied, brightly colored dry mayfly pattern is intended to appear as a large meal helplessly stranded on top of the water as opposed to ...
View full detailsIrresistible Adams
Ascent Fly FishingThe overweight member of the Adams dry fly family, the Irresistible Adams is just too big of a meal for most trout to pass up! While copying the wi...
View full detailsLight Cahill
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
With the name Light Cahill being applied to a number of different mayfly species across the country, having this pattern stocked in your box will ...
View full detailsLight Hendrickson
Ascent Fly FishingLight Hendrickson, Ephemerella invaria, or Sulpher are all names for the same explosive mayfly hatch that takes over East Coast rivers each spring....
View full detailsLoopwing Parachute Callibaetis
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
True to the natural Callibaetis Mayfly down to the speckled wing and long tail, the Loopwing Parachute Callibaetis is an almost spot-on imitation o...
View full detailsMarch Brown
Ascent Fly FishingBeautifully imitating the adult March Brown mayfly down to the yellow ribbed segments along its abdomen, the March Brown dry fly is tied specifical...
View full detailsMarch Brown Pearlwing Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingWhile most prominent in the central and eastern United States, the March Brown will also be found in many western streams and rivers, stretching as...
View full detailsMatt's Hi Vis Trico Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe 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...
View full detailsMatt's Lead Trico Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe 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-...
View full detailsParachute Adams
Ascent Fly Fishing4.7 / 5.0
3 Reviews
If we were only allowed to fish one dry mayfly pattern for the rest of our days on the water, that pattern would be the Parachute Adams. This Gene...
View full detailsParachute Blue Dun
Ascent Fly FishingHolding its head and abdomen close to the water, and its wings high aloft, the Parachute Blue Dun is an excellent fly pattern when matching the Bla...
View full detailsParachute BWO
Ascent Fly FishingDepending on where you live, a number of different mayflies might share the name of Blue Winged Olive (BWO). However, it is the size 16-24 family...
View full detailsParachute Callibaetis Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingFound throughout the lower 48 states and Canada, the Callibaetis Mayfly is one of our few stillwater (pond, lake, and reservoir) mayfly species. W...
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