Flies & Streamers

Tungsten Beadhead Selection

Turn your old Pantera cd up to 10, and get ready for a little Heavy Metal Fly Fishing!  2 times as heavy as brass, and 1.5 times heavier than lead by size, incorporating tungsten beadheads into your larva, nymph, and pupa fly patterns will help you...

Yellow Sally Stonefly Selection

Yellow Sally Stoneflies, also known as the "Little Yellow Stoneflies", can be found in rivers and streams across the continent and offer some exciting late summer dry fly action.  This family of small to mid-sized stoneflies live up to their name...

Golden Stonefly Selection

Among the biggest and baddest bugs on the river, the Golden Stonefly hatch is one of the most eagerly anticipated hatches of the summer!  These large bodied stoneflies take up to two years to reach maturity as a nymph before they are ready to crawl...

Shad Selection

Big 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 trout.  A school of shad looks like a tasty plate of sushi to a trophy fish, and you don't want to be...

Western Green Drake Selection

If the Blue Winged Olive is the tiny Cessna of the mayfly family, the Green Drake is the hulking Boeing 787!  The Green Drakes are one of the largest mayfly families and are also one of the most eagerly-anticipated and pursued by trout...

Leech Selection

Found in ponds, reservoirs, creeks, and rivers at every elevation and in all 50 states, leeches are a must-have pattern for the fly fisher who loves to catch big fish!  Most commonly found swimming along the bottom of the lake or river, retrieving...

Young Trout Selection

There is no love lost between young trout and their larger family members! Trophy trout are like body builders and are interested in packing on protein any way they can.  It is common for larger fish to cannibalize their young, so if young trout are...

Wet Caddisfly Selection

For all intents and purposes, caddis flies are aquatic moths.  Like their terrestrial cousins, the caddis have larva and pupa life stages in which they are vulnerable to feeding trout and among the chief sources of food in many lakes and rivers...

Attractor Nymph Selection

While close in size and profile to the mayfly and stonefly nymphs they are intended to imitate, the Attractor Nymph selection is loaded with sexier, flashier versions of the naturals.  Trout are the alpha predators in their ecosystem, and...

Dry Stonefly Selection

Dry stonefly patterns are by far one of the most fun patterns to fish!  These "steaks of the river" offer feeding trout a shot at a big chunk of protein and cause them to strike with explosive force so as not to miss these floating treats...

Callibaetis Mayfly Selection

Found in nearly every roadside ditch, pond, lake and reservoir in the central and western United States, the Callibaetis mayfly is one of the most important stillwater food sources for trout.  While the nymphs of the callibaetis are available to...

Pale Morning Dun / Pale Evening Dun Fly Selection

While the Pale Morning Dun and Pale Evening Dun mayflies are members of different families, they are largely similar in size and profile, allowing them to be matched by many of the same fly patterns.  Both families can be found in streams and rivers...

Stonefly Nymph Selection

In streams and rivers full of tiny invertebrates, the stonefly nymphs look like something out of a 1970's Japanese Monster movie!  Like creatures rising from the primordial ooze, the stonefly nymphs crawl from the water to offer both the angler and...

Trico Mayfly Selection

What the Trico mayflies lack in size, they make up in quantity!  This mayfly family comes off in late summer to fall, and is renowned for its' "Blanket Hatches" that cover the rivers and streams they inhabit.  While the small dark nymphs can be...

Blue Winged Olive Mayfly Selection

The Blue Winged Olive Mayfly is one of the most prolific mayfly families in the United States and can be found on rivers and streams at every elevation and in almost every state.  This mayfly family will often have two generations per year, with...

Sow Bug Selection

Cousins of scud and freshwater shrimp, these crustaceans are best described as underwater roly polys.  While these tasty trout treats are common in a number of lakes and rivers across the country, their numbers can reach epic proportions in waters...

Scud Selection

Though 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 lakes and rivers. Varying in color from olive to pink, these protein-packed crustaceans try to stay close...

Damselfly Selection

The smaller cousin to the dragonfly, Damselflies are commonLY found in lakes and backwaters at every elevation.  Hatching throughout the summer, the adults can produce explosive strikes, while stripping the nymphs next to weedbeds or along the...

Terrestrial Insect Selection

The broadest definition of a "Terrestrial" is any land-born animal or insect.  As far as food sources for trout are concerned, this selection covers the big 5 terrestrial food groups of ants, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, and cicadas.   When...