Dry Flies

“There something not quite right about this bug. I think I’ll give it a bite!” Yes, as a fisheries biologist I am able to read the minds of trout, ...

Tied 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 ...

Used 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...

In 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 ...

A midge emerger from another mother, the Bloodworm Emerger is a mix of tried and true patterns like the mole fly and quill emerger with a dash of f...

The 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...

Sitting 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 ...

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...

Tied 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...

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 t...

The 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...

Similar 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...

Not your grandpa’s midge pattern, the CDC midge is a sleek, low-profile trout sticker! The ultralight CDC feather wing of this pattern barely dimpl...

The 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...

Let me take a moment to emphasize the MICRO in the name Elk Caddis Micro Dun. Tied from a size 16 to a 22, this caddis is perfect for matching almo...

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...

A 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...

While 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...

An often-overlooked family of flies, there are thousands of species of aquatic and terrestrial beetles present in and around trout waters. A fish ...

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...

Ginger 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...

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...

The closest legal alternative to fishing with dynamite during a mayfly hatch, the Parachute Greg's Emerger is - hands down - our favorite dry mayfl...

If 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...

The H & L Variant is a high floating, traditional dry fly that has been fooling trout for more than 60 years. While sharing many characteristi...

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...

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...

After 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...

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...

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...

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 ...

The 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...

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 ...

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...

With 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. ...

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-...

We 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...

This Mini Hot truly lives up to its name, and is a dynamite attractor pattern that fishes equally well as either an adult caddis fly or adult stone...

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 ...

Capable of reproducing in any pond, backwater, or puddle, these little blood suckers will be found in every state and at every elevation. While mo...

One 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...

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...

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...

Holding 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...

Depending 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...

Don'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...

Like 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...

Like hamburgers from heaven, grasshoppers falling from the shore are well-loved and eagerly anticipated by the hungry trout lurking beneath stream ...