Mayflies - Hatches -

Beautifully imitating the adult March Brown mayfly down to the yellow ribbed segments along its abdomen, the March Brown dry fly is tied specifical...

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...

The 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...

A chunkier version of a well-known nymph pattern, the Beadhead Zug Bug has been hooking trout since before I was born! Sharing many of the elements...

This tried and true generalist nymph pattern has been putting the hurt on trout for more than 50 years and will undoubtedly be catching fish for co...

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...

One of the largest species of mayflies found in the rivers and streams of the West, a drifting Goldbead Poxyback Green Drake represents one of the ...

Found 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...

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...

Originally crafted to target the trophy trout of Pyramid Lake in Nevada, the Mahalo Nymph might just have landed more 20lb trout than any other fly...

The love child of a Pheasant Tail Flashback and a Little Yellow Stonefly Nymph, the Lightning Bolt is a fiery little nymph pattern that is fished w...

Light Hendrickson, Ephemerella invaria, or Sulpher are all names for the same explosive mayfly hatch that takes over East Coast rivers each spring....

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...

Invented by tied by legendary fly tyer and angler Preston Jennings, the Grey Fox has been the bane of trout in the Catskill mountains for more than...

The mayfly genus of Siphlonurus, commonly known as Grey Drakes, are an important still water and slow moving water family spanning the US and Canad...

When the big green drake nymphs break cover from the bottom of the stream and start to make their way towards the surface, it is mayhem! Trout los...

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...

Among the largest mayfly species found in our rivers spanning from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean, the Green Drake Nymph is a staple food for man...

The mayfly genus of Siphlonurus, commonly known as Grey Drakes, are an important still water and slow moving water family spanning the US and Canad...

The 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...

Tied to match the East coast's first and most prolific Spring mayfly hatch, that of Ephemerella subvaria or Dark Hendrickson. The traditional Dark...

The Slate Drake (or genus Isonychia) is a prominent, big bodied mayfly that hatches in trout streams across the East and Midwest. While not found ...

One of the few families of mayfly that make their home in lakes and ponds, the Callibaetis mayfly is a 365 day a year trout favorite across most of...

The lovechild of the Copper John and the Pheasant Tail, the Hotwire Nymph is a terror to trout one of the best tools in the fly fisher's box! Load...