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Ray Charles
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
The Ray Charles pattern is the guide's number one choice when attempting to imitate sow bugs. Cousins of scud and freshwater shrimp, these crustac...
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Ascent Fly FishingLike throwing a hot coal in the water, tying on a Red Headed Step Child will make your next trip to the river sizzle! Sharing the size and profile...
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Ascent Fly FishingOne of the best kept guide secrets of Wyoming's North Platte River, the Reef Pal is a mighty midge pattern that packs one hell of a punch. The blu...
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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 detailsRiffle Drifter Perdigon
Ascent Fly FishingThe Tungsten Jig Riffle Drifter Perdigon cuts through the water like a torpedo and is the uncontested favorite fly pattern of most competition Euro...
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Ascent Fly FishingThe evolution of the San Juan Worm, the Rock Worm is a vibrantly colored, chewy, segmented worm pattern that has proven the demise of many a hungry...
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Ascent Fly FishingWith a red glass beadhead glowing in the water, bright wire ribbing, and a contrasting white buzzer emerging from a peacock collar, the Rojo Midge ...
View full detailsRope & Float Starter Kit
Ascent Fly FishingThe Ascent Fly Fishing Rope & Float Kit is intended to outfit you with the tippet, leader, strike indicators, and fly floatant to get you on th...
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Ascent Fly FishingLike The jealous younger sibling of the Royal Wulff, the Royal Coachman is in a stiff competition to be the most productive Attractor Mayfly nymph...
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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 detailsRSII
Ascent Fly Fishing4.7 / 5.0
3 Reviews
No family of flies better covers the mayfly emerger life stage than the RSII! Trout eagerly anticipate the time when the mayfly nymphs break cover...
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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 detailsS.O.S. Nymph
Ascent Fly FishingOne of the go-to fly patterns in every fishing guide’s box, the SOS. Nymph stands for “Save Our Skin” and is the pattern we turn to when we need to...
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Ascent Fly FishingThe stonefly genus of Pteronarcys could have come straight out of a Japanese monster movie taking on Godzilla in a fight to the death! Known regio...
View full detailsSan Juan Worm
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
As many of us learned as young children with a spinning reel or cane pole in hand, worms catch a lot of fish. There are a number of worm species (...
View full detailsScud Selection
Ascent Fly FishingThough often confused with fresh water shrimp, scud are among a family of "side swimmers" and are a key staple in the diet of trophy trout in both ...
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Ascent Fly FishingBig fish eat little fish, and among the favorites on the menu is the Sculpin! With multiple species of sculpin found in both lakes and rivers acro...
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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...
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Ascent Fly FishingGranted, the name is weird and might be difficult to explain to your kids when they are picking flies from your box, but the Sex Dungeon articulate...
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Ascent Fly FishingBig fish eat big flies, and shad are among the favorite foods of many warm water predators (bass, pike, crappie, walleye, etc.) as well as large tr...
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Ascent Fly FishingOriginally tied along the banks of Oregon's McKenzie river, and made famous on the Big Horn River in Montana, the Skinny Nelson is an unassuming, m...
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Ascent Fly Fishing(Cue the Michael Jackson music) The king of pop moonwalking across the stage, the sing hook, articulated Smooth Criminal throws down some impressiv...
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Ascent Fly FishingAmong 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...
View full detailsSoft Hackle Hex Nymph
Ascent Fly FishingBuried 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 ...
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Ascent Fly FishingIf the Ray Charles is the party boy of the sowbug family, the Soft Hackle Sowbug is the overachieving, type-A big brother. This pattern is about mo...
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Ascent Fly FishingCousins of scud and freshwater shrimp, these crustaceans are best described as underwater roly polys. While these tasty trout treats are common in...
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Ascent Fly FishingThe Tungsten Spanish Bullet is a killer variation of the Perdigon that shoots through the water like a bullet from a gun. The combination of the t...
View full detailsSparkle Caddis Pupa
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
1 Review
The Sparkle Caddis Pupa (or LaFontaine Caddis Emerger) was the brainchild of caddis aficionado and renowned angler Gary LaFontaine. Tied to imitat...
View full detailsSparkle Wing Midge Emerger
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
3 Reviews
The Sparkle Wing Midge Emerger is one of our our favorite small attractor midge patterns, and is a killer fly when targeting fish feeding during a ...
View full detailsSparkle Wing RSII
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
No family of flies better covers the mayfly emerger life stage than the RSII! Trout eagerly anticipate the time when the mayfly nymphs break cover...
View full detailsSplit Case BWO
Ascent Fly FishingEquipped with a "Hot Spot" wing pad, the subtle olive foam on the back of the Split Case BWO imitates the light olive body for the adult Blue Wing...
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Ascent Fly FishingEquipped with a "Hot Spot" wing pad, the bright yellow foam on the back of the Split Case PMD imitate the bright yellow body for the adult PMD mayf...
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Ascent Fly FishingFlicking its tail in a "come hither" like motion, the Squirmy Worm is a sexy worm pattern that trout everywhere can't help check out and take a bit...
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 detailsStonefly Nymph
Ascent Fly Fishing4.5 / 5.0
2 Reviews
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...
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Ascent Fly FishingIn streams and rivers full of tiny invertebrates, the stonefly nymphs look like something out of a 1970's Japanese Monster movie! Like creatures r...
View full detailsSulphur Mayfly Selection
Ascent Fly FishingFound in rivers and streams throughout the entirety of the Eastern US and Canada as well as most of the Midwest, the Sulphur Mayfly (formally known...
View full detailsSulphur Sparkle Dun
Ascent Fly FishingThe Sulphur Mayfly is among the most notable and eagerly anticipated (by both trout and the fly angler) late spring to early summer hatches for the...
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Ascent Fly FishingThe Super Pupa is a beadhead pupa pattern that is a near spot-on imitation of the caddis emerger suspended or swimming between the lake or river be...
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Ascent Fly FishingThe Super Stimulator is the evolution of one of our favorite patterns and elevates it to the next level. The addition of rubber legs to this patter...
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Ascent Fly FishingA Bumble Bee, a Wasp, A Yellow Jacket, or just some crazy looking Mayfly, regardless of what the Sure Shot was intended to be it sure matches a lo...
View full detailsSwimming Baitfish
Ascent Fly FishingThe 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...
View full detailsSwimming Frog
Ascent Fly FishingYou 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!...
View full detailsT & A Bunker
Ascent Fly FishingThe T & A Bunker is a big booty articulated streamer that is light on its fins and dances through the water! While most articulated streamers r...
View full detailsTailwater Assassin
Ascent Fly FishingWhen it comes to the most potent and lethal midge patterns, oftentimes “less is more” and that is certainly the case with the Tailwater Assassin mi...
View full detailsTent Wing Caddis
Ascent Fly FishingTrue to the form of the real adult caddisfly, the Tent Wing Caddis, is an ultra-realistic caddis imitation perfectly matching the tent wings and pr...
View full detailsTerrestrial Insect Selection
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
The broadest definition of a "Terrestrial" is any land-born animal or insect. As far as food sources for trout are concerned, this selection cover...
View full detailsTop Secret Midge
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
2 Reviews
The Top Secret Midge - with its tightly wrapped brown and white abdomen and understated wing - is like throwing an M-80 firecracker in the water wh...
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