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Mayfly Patterns By Species

  • Parachute Red Quill

    Parachute Red Quill

    A common name used in reference to a number of mayfly species, the Parachute Red Quill is a fly that can be used to match a number of species spanning the entirety of the US during the spring, summer, and fall.  Used to match the dun just out of the...

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  • Parachute Sulphur

    Parachute Sulphur

    One of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, East Coast, and New England, the trout wake from their winter stupor to pursue the Sulphur mayflies with gusto!  An equally effective and highly visible...

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  • Parachute Sulphur Dun

    Parachute Sulphur Dun

    One of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, East Coast, and New England, the trout wake from their winter stupor to pursue the Sulphur mayflies with gusto!  An equally effective and highly visible...

    $1.50
  • Parachute Sulphur Emerger

    Parachute Sulphur Emerger

    One of the first and most prolific mayfly hatches each spring in the upper Midwest, Appalachia, and New England, the trout wake from their winter stupor to pursue these emerging sulphur mayflies with gusto!  While often overlooked and under fished,...

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  • Parachute Trico

    Parachute Trico

    The tiny moving water mayfly family of Tricorythodes (or more commonly known as Tricos), make up what for what they lack in size (generally sizes 18-22) with their almost plague-like numbers.  Whether you are looking to fish the freshly...

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  • Parachute Trico Emerger

    Parachute Trico Emerger

    A common summer through fall mayfly hatch throughout most of the US, the small-statured Trico mayflies will emerge in such numbers that they will commonly blanket the waters from which they hatch!  During these abundant hatches, trout will actively...

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  • Pheasant Tail Nymph Olive Pheasant Tail Nymph Black Pheasant Tail Nymph

    Pheasant Tail Nymph

    While there are no secret patterns that are guaranteed to catch fish every time you are on the water, the closest thing to it would be the Pheasant Tail Nymph.  This generalist nymph pattern is close enough in color to a host of invertebrate species...

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  • PMD Pearl Wing Spinner

    PMD Pearlwing Spinner

    Used to match the expired PMD, PED, and Sulphur Mayflies, this Pearlwing Spinner has given up its ghost and is ready and waiting for a hungry trout to snap it up!  Immediately after spawning, the spinners rain down on the water, luring even the most...

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  • PMD Sparkle Dun

    PMD Sparkle Dun

    While present throughout the US, the Pale Morning Dun (PMD) is most prolific and considered a vital food source for trout out west.  Usually emerging from the water in the morning and again at dusk, the PMD Sparkle Dun floats low in the water and is...

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  • Rusty Spinner

    Rusty Spinner

    The spawned out mayfly spinner, floating on top of the water after death, is among the easiest food and fastest calories available for the feeding trout.  Immediately after spawning, the male mayflies will fall to the water, spreading their wings...

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  • Skinny Nelson

    Skinny Nelson

    Originally 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, micro-nymph pattern that has proven the downfall of many a trout!  While a killer match for a number of...

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  • Soft Hackle Hex Nymph

    Soft Hackle Hex Nymph

    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 nymphs finally break cover and swim towards the surface of the water, trout lose their little fishy minds!...

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  • Split Case BWO

    Split Case BWO

    Equipped 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 Winged Olive mayfly just starting to split from its shuck and emerge!  While the olive foam back...

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  • Split Case PMD Nymph

    Split Case PMD

    Equipped 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 mayfly just starting to split from its shuck and emerge!  Like cracking the refrigerator door in...

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  • Stalcup Baetis

    Stalcup Baetis

     The Stalcup Baetis is a bit of a bully when it comes to fly patterns.  It's not content to be fished for just one hatch and always wants to be a part of the action when matching a number of mayfly and stonefly species across the continent...

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  • Sulphur Sparkle Dun

    Sulphur Sparkle Dun

    The 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 whole Eastern seaboard.  The frantic emerger working its way through the surface of the water is one...

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  • Sure Shot

    Sure Shot

    A 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 lot of trout foods! Similar in profile to the Humpy and the Royal Wulff , the Sure Shot is a quintessential...

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  • The Answer Dark Olive The Answer White The Answer Blue

    The Answer

    As its name would suggest, when another angler approaches you on the water and asks you what you are catching all of the fish on, your can tell them this fly is "The Answer".  Tied with an emerging wing bud, glass beadhead, and a long thread tail,...

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  • Trico Sparkle Dun

    Trico Sparkle Dun

    A common summer through fall mayfly hatch throughout most of the US, the small-statured Trico mayflies will emerge in such numbers that they will commonly blanket the waters from which they hatch!  During these abundant hatches, trout will actively...

    $1.50