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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BWO 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 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 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 detailsParachute Sulphur Dun
Ascent Fly FishingOne of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, East Coast, and New England, the trout wake from th...
View full detailsParachute Trico
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
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 1...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Red Quill
Ascent Fly FishingA 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 spann...
View full detailsRusty Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe spawned out mayfly spinner, floating on top of the water after death, is among the easiest food and fastest calories available for the feeding ...
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 detailsParachute Purple Haze
Ascent Fly Fishing4.5 / 5.0
2 Reviews
A flashier and sexier version of the Parachute Adams, the Parachute Purple Haze shares many characteristics with the Adams but has replaced the gre...
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 detailsRoyal Wulff
Ascent Fly FishingAn obnoxious concoction of red floss, over-sized wings, and peacock herl, the Royal Wulff is an Attractormayfly pattern and stands out (in more way...
View full detailsParachute 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 detailsParachute Sulphur
Ascent Fly FishingOne of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, East Coast, and New England, the trout wake from th...
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 detailsParachute Caddis
Ascent Fly FishingDon't let the name of this pattern fool you and make you think that it is only effective during the caddis hatch! The Parachute Caddis is one of o...
View full detailsFoam Caddis
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Equal parts durable and buoyant, the foam caddis is an unsinkable dry fly and Generalist pattern used to match the adult caddis life cycle. Whethe...
View full detailsCDC Caddis
Ascent Fly FishingSimilar in size and shape to the Elk Hair Caddis, the CDC feather fibers from which the wings of the CDC Caddis are tied give it a light profile on...
View full detailsBlack Tent Wing Caddis
Ascent Fly FishingUsed to match a wide spread of black caddis species from coast to coast, the Black Tent Wing Caddis in an ultra realistic dry fly pattern used to m...
View full detailsGoddard Caddis
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
Possibly the most realistic adult caddis pattern in the fly catalog, the Goddard Caddis mimics the natural in their unique wing shape all the way d...
View full detailsX Caddis
Ascent Fly FishingThe close cousin to the traditional Elk Hair Caddis, the X-Caddis imitates the transition for the pupa to adult life stages as the caddis emerges t...
View full detailsElk Hair Caddis
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
4 Reviews
If we had only one dry fly pattern to fish for every caddis hatch and were given some allowance to change up the sizes and colors, we would without...
View full detailsSedgehammer
Ascent Fly FishingStuck between two worlds, the Sedgehammer rides low in the water, imitating a pupa just stretching its wings for the first time, or a post-spawn ad...
View full detailsMissing Link Caddis
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
The Missing Link Caddis has a complicated family tree. The love child of a caddis and a mayfly, this crossover pattern fishes just as effectively ...
View full detailsFoam Beetle
Ascent Fly FishingAn often-overlooked family of flies, there are thousands of species of aquatic and terrestrial beetles present in and around trout waters. A fish ...
View full detailsFlying Ant
Ascent Fly FishingWhile small in stature, what ants and termites lack in size, they make up for in numbers. Each summer, across the United States, when the stars al...
View full detailsAmy's Ant
Ascent Fly FishingTied with a high floating foam body, a widespread hair wing, and rubber legs that dance on top of the water, the Amy's Ant is equally effective as ...
View full detailsParachute Hopper
Ascent Fly FishingLike hamburgers from heaven, grasshoppers falling from the shore are well-loved and eagerly anticipated by the hungry trout lurking beneath stream ...
View full detailsParachute Cricket
Ascent Fly FishingLike a swiss cake roll with legs, crickets are a summer and fall favorite among hungry fish! From the big size 8 Mormon Crickets of the West to th...
View full detailsRenegade
Ascent Fly FishingKnown as a bit of a bad boy when it comes to midge imitations, the Renegade is the fly you tie on when you need to break out of a slump and land a ...
View full detailsGriffith's Gnat
Ascent Fly FishingIf we had to choose only one pattern to fish during every midge hatch we encounter the rest of our days, it would be the Griffith's Gnat. This pat...
View full detailsOrange Asher
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
Tied to look like a cluster of midges mating on the water and utilizing bright colors that are visible even under the worst conditions on the river...
View full detailsDry Midge
Ascent Fly FishingThe traditional dry midge pattern is a fairly simple fly. It has been tied with only 3 materials as long as anyone can remember, and doesn't feel t...
View full detailsMatt's Midge
Ascent Fly FishingWe might be the only fly shop to tell you this, but you do not in fact need to buy a separate midge pattern to match each of the almost 17,000 spec...
View full detailsMosquito Dry Fly
Ascent Fly FishingCapable of reproducing in any pond, backwater, or puddle, these little blood suckers will be found in every state and at every elevation. While mo...
View full detailsMagic Midge
Ascent Fly FishingWith almost 17,000 species of midge inhabiting our North American waters, trying to match their hatch down to the species is out of the question. ...
View full detailsBlack Winter Stone
Ascent Fly FishingIn the cold, wet winter when long hours of nymph fishing can get old, the Black Winter Stone Hatch (Capniidae) provides a welcome piece of dry fly ...
View full detailsYellow Sally Stimulator
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
A major hatch and much anticipated trout favorite across much of the lower 48 is the Yellow Sally Stonefly hatch (Isoperla). What they don't have ...
View full detailsStimulator
Ascent Fly FishingIf we had to choose one fly pattern with which to fish any and all stonefly hatches, it would be the Stimulator. Available in a number of sizes an...
View full detailsHippy Stomper
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
We don't name the patterns, we just tie the ones that catch a lot of fish! First introduced to the Hippy Stomper by a lodge up in Alaska, it quick...
View full detailsMother's Day Caddis
Ascent Fly FishingOne of the most eagerly anticipated spring hatches by both the trout and fly fisher alike, the Mother's Day Caddis hatch is the dry fly event of th...
View full detailsHi-Vis Elk Hair Caddis
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
If we had only one dry fly pattern to fish for every caddis hatch, and were given some allowance to change up the sizes and colors, we would withou...
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