Mayflies
Found most often in moving water, mayfly nymphs, duns, and spinners, offer the angler and trout many opportunities to get to know each other! Identified by the 3-tails as a nymph, or the two pairs of sail-like wings as an adult, Mayflies are one of the four main aquatic food groups of the trout.
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Goldbead Poxyback Green Drake
Ascent Fly FishingOne 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 ...
View full detailsGoldbead Poxyback PMD
Ascent Fly FishingThe nymph life cycle of the Pale Morning Dun is actively preyed upon by trout in both Eastern and Western rivers. Known to take multiple "practice...
View full detailsBWO 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 detailsExtended Body Foam Grey Drake
Ascent Fly FishingThe mayfly genus of Siphlonurus, commonly known as Grey Drakes, are an important still water and slow moving water family spanning the US and Canad...
View full detailsParachute Grey Drake Biot Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingThe Grey Drake or genus Siphlonurus emerges from waters across the US and Canada throughout the day over a period of several months each summer. T...
View full detailsGrey Drake Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe mayfly genus of Siphlonurus, commonly known as Grey Drakes, are an important still water and slow moving water family spanning the US and Canad...
View full detailsBXB Green Drake Coffin Fly
Ascent Fly FishingFound 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...
View full detailsBXB Parachute Yellow Drake
Ascent Fly FishingThe Yellow Drake (Ephemera varia) is a massive mayfly that emgerges from Midwestern and Eastern streams each fall. Unlike other mayflies in the Ep...
View full detailsBXB Parachute Slate Drake Dun
Ascent Fly FishingThe Slate Drake (or genus Isonychia) is a prominent, big bodied mayfly that hatches in trout streams across the East and Midwest. While not found ...
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 detailsLight Hendrickson
Ascent Fly FishingLight Hendrickson, Ephemerella invaria, or Sulpher are all names for the same explosive mayfly hatch that takes over East Coast rivers each spring....
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Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
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Tied to match the East coast's first and most prolific Spring mayfly hatch, that of Ephemerella subvaria or Dark Hendrickson. The traditional Dark...
View full detailsParachute Hendrickson Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingOne of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, and New England, the trout wake from their winter s...
View full detailsHendrickson Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe perfect end to one of the first big mayfly hatches of the year, the Hendrickson Spinner is tied to match the spawned out and dying spinner as t...
View full detailsHex Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingHalf 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...
View full detailsFoam Body Parachute Hex
Ascent Fly FishingThis large, extended body foam Hex mayfly matches the profile and grandeur of the queen of mayflies, Hexeginia limbata. Found across the United Sta...
View full detailsExtended Body Hex Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe queen of North American mayflies, the Hexegenia or Hex mayfly is only outclassed in size by one other species. Found across the United States ...
View full detailsParachute Trico Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingA common summer through fall mayfly hatch throughout most of the US, the small-statured Trico mayflies will emerge in such numbers that they will c...
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 detailsMatt's Hi Vis Trico Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe tiny moving water mayfly family of Tricorythodes (or more commonly known as Tricos) make up what for what they lack in size (generally sizes 18...
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
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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 detailsParachute Callibaetis Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingFound throughout the lower 48 states and Canada, the Callibaetis Mayfly is one of our few stillwater (pond, lake, and reservoir) mayfly species. W...
View full detailsHair Wing Green Drake
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
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Specifically tied to match the adult Western Green Drake (both dun and spinner life cycles), the Hair Wing Green Drake is an almost spot-on imitati...
View full detailsHen Wing Green Drake
Ascent Fly Fishing4.5 / 5.0
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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...
View full detailsGreen Drake Parachute Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingThe 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...
View full detailsEastern Green Drake Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingThe 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...
View full detailsParachute PMD Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingClose cousins to the Sulphur and Pale Evening Dun, the Pale Morning Dun or PMD hatch is the stuff of mayfly legends! Filling every portion of the ...
View full detailsMarch Brown
Ascent Fly FishingBeautifully imitating the adult March Brown mayfly down to the yellow ribbed segments along its abdomen, the March Brown dry fly is tied specifical...
View full detailsParachute March Brown Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingSince the nymph of the March Brown Mayfly spends its aquatic life cycle burrowed into the bottom of the streambed, it is during the emergence that ...
View full detailsMarch Brown Pearlwing Spinner
Ascent Fly FishingWhile most prominent in the central and eastern United States, the March Brown will also be found in many western streams and rivers, stretching as...
View full detailsAlbino Hex
Ascent Fly FishingThe queen of North American mayflies, the Hexegenia or Hex mayfly is only outclassed in size by one other species. Found across the United States ...
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 detailsPMD Sparkle Dun
Ascent Fly FishingWhile present throughout the US, the Pale Morning Dun (PMD) is most prolific and considered a vital food source for trout out west. Usually emergi...
View full detailsTrico Sparkle Dun
Ascent Fly FishingA common summer through fall mayfly hatch throughout most of the US, the small-statured Trico mayflies will emerge in such numbers that they will c...
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...
View full detailsHendrickson Sparkle Dun
Ascent Fly FishingOne of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, and New England, the trout wake from their winter s...
View full detailsGreen Drake Sparkle Dun
Ascent Fly FishingAmong the largest moving water mayfly species in the western US, the Green Drake dwarfs other mayfly species when it emerges each summer. Due to t...
View full detailsGreen Drake Emerger
Ascent Fly Fishing5.0 / 5.0
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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...
View full detailsFeather Bender
Ascent Fly FishingAmong 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...
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 ...
View full detailsIsonychia (Slate Drake) Nymph
Ascent Fly FishingKnown across the East Coast as Slate Drakes, Iso Mayflies, or by the long winded angler as Isonychia, these mayflies are a very important trout foo...
View full detailsMercury Baetis
Ascent Fly FishingThe offspring of an RSII and a Jujubaetis, the Mercury Baetis is a born trout slayer! Don't let the slim profile and muted colors of this pattern ...
View full detailsParachute Sulphur Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingOne of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, and New England, the trout wake from their winter s...
View full detailsFlashback Mercury Baetis
Ascent Fly FishingThe offspring of an RSII and a JujuBaetis, the Flashback Mercury Baetis was a born and destined to be a trout slayer! Don't let the slim profile a...
View full detailsSplit Case PMD
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...
View full detailsGreg's Parachute Emerger
Ascent Fly FishingThe closest legal alternative to fishing with dynamite during a mayfly hatch, the Parachute Greg's Emerger is - hands down - our favorite dry mayfl...
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