Flies By Family

Tracing its roots back to New Zealand, the Matuka streamer made its way across the pond and has been a trout favorite ever since. Tied in the gener...

Although the Muddler Minnow pattern is more than 75 years old, there is a reason that it has persisted to this day: it catches a lot of fish! This...

While the region of the Thin Mint's origin is up for debate, there is no one contesting that this streamer is an absolute fish magnet! A multi-col...

A killer shad, fathead minnow, and sculpin imitation, the Conehead Moto Minnow gets down deep, does it quickly, and gets into the zone where the BI...

The first streamer that most anglers cast, and one that continues to produce time after time on the water, the Beadhead Flash-a-bugger (aka. Wooly ...

Tied to a shorter shanked hook than the traditional streamer and wrapped with a flexible strip of squirrel hair that extends well past the curve of...

An excellent imitation of a young sucker, whitefish, or sculpin, the Conehead Vanilla Bugger is a unique take on the classic wooly bugger that fill...

There is no love lost between young trout and their older brothers and sisters! Trophy trout are like body builders and are interested in packing o...

Found in slow moving backwaters and lakes, the nymph life cycle of the dragon fly is going to offer the fly fisherman the best and most consistent ...

With 10 families and 465 species of stoneflies crowding our North American waters, sometimes it is nice to just have a go-to pattern that can be us...

A freestone river champion, the 20 Incher is a generalist stonefly nymph that can be effectively fished in multiple sizes to imitate almost every s...

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 it...

This large, extended body foam Hex mayfly matches the profile and grandeur of the queen of mayflies, Hexeginia limbata. Found across the United Sta...

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 ...

Among the largest of terrestrial trout foods, the Cicadas will emerge from the soil each summer to chirp through the summer nights. While present ...

A tempting piece of meat floating on the water, the Turk's Tarantula dry fly is a pure Attractor pattern. Large enough to loosely imitate either a...

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

Often the biggest and baddest bug in the fly box, the Fat Albert might need a row all to itself. The titanic of terrestrial patterns, this fly is ...

A more buoyant and durable version of the parachute hopper, the Foam Hopper will take a beating and keep on fishing! There are few trout foods as ...

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

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...

Among the largest dry flies in the angler's arsenal, the Sofa Pillow ca be used to match the adult life stage of several stonefly species. The spe...

If 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...

The most popular mouse pattern in the fly angler's box, the Mouse Rat is equally efficient at catching large trout as it is hooking bass and pike. ...

This ultra buoyant mouse pattern is a guide favorite from Alaska to Patagonia and everywhere in between. Effective for trout, bass, and pike, the ...

Buried in the soft sand and muck on the bottom of lakes and slack water rivers across the East Coast, Midwest, and West Coast, when the Hex mayfly ...

The PS Martian Mouse is an other-worldly fly and the brainchild of Aquatic Biologist Peter Stitcher. Tied with several thick tufts of Glow in the ...

The Swimming Baitfish is a no-nonsense destroyer of big fish! Large trout, bass, pike, and muskie are looking for meat on their menu, and baitfish...

If the Dahlberg Diver looks freaked out, it is because it knows it is about to get eaten! Large trout, bass, pike, and muskie love to crush this p...

You might as well cue the music from the movie Jaws when you start fishing the Swimming Frog pattern because frog legs are about to be on the menu!...

The Boogle Bug Popper is sure to make a splash the next time you target large trout, bass, pike, or muskie! This popper-type top water pattern spl...

Made from the stuff of trout nightmares, the Batman Nymph will dive into the darkest pools in the river to bring trout to justice…well, if not just...

One of the heaviest stonefly nymph patterns in the fly shop, the Wired Stone pattern packs on the weight with metal beadheads and thick wraps of wi...

Tied with a backwards popper head and a sharp nose, the Walt’s Small Slider is a different animal with some unique dance moves that makes it a kill...

Similar to fishing with an M-80 fire cracker, when you toss the Walt’s Medium Popper in water, just wait for the BANG! when the fish crash through ...

Tied to get down and dirty, riding low across the water with its rubber legs paddling just through the surface, Ian’s Parachute Golden Stone is one...

Tied to get down and dirty, riding low across the water with its rubber legs paddling just through the surface, Ian’s Parachute Black Stone is one ...

Hands down, the Dolly Lama (aka. Dali Llama) Articulate Streamer is one the Ascent team’s favorite flies in the shop and one of our most effective ...

Like an 80’s glam rocker, the Beadhead Goldilocks Bugger is all flash and big hair (marabou) sex appeal! The wooly bugger is one of the first strea...

Like an 80’s glam rocker, the Goldilocks Bugger is all flash and big hair (marabou) sex appeal! The wooly bugger is one of the first streamers that...

What do you do when you have a favorite streamer pattern like the Thin Mint that consistently catches fish wherever and whenever you fish it? You ...

A super active imitating of the Golden Stonefly Nymph, the yellow rubber legs of the Knuckle Dragger Golden Stone seductively kick like a Rockette ...