Best Selling Trout Flies
Best Trout Flies — proven patterns that actually catch fish.
There’s no mystery to good trout flies: realistic profiles, solid hooks, and the right size for the hatch. These patterns have earned their spot in guides’ boxes. Whether you fish dry flies on top, beadhead nymphs below, or swing streamers in deep water, this page pulls together our most consistent trout producers.
Customer favorites: Elk Hair Caddis • BH Copper John• BWO • Parachute Adams • BH Woolly Bugger
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Blue Wing Olive
$1.09Original priceOriginal price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price$1.09 - $1.09Current price $1.09| /The Blue Wing Olive is a must-have for matching one of the most consistent and important mayfly hatches across trout fisheries. When conditions tur...
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Blowtorch - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /The Blowtorch is one that has been requested by customers and with good reason. It contains a natural features of a nymph, with enough attraction...
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Barbless Elk Hair Caddis
$0.98Original price $1.09Original price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price $1.09$0.98 - $0.98Current price $0.98| /THE adult caddis imitation. Floats extremely well in rough water, durable, and deadly. Yep this is in everyone's Top Ten trout flies.
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Bread 'n Butter - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /There are those flies that anglers constantly go to as they hook the vast majority of their trout. The Bread 'n Butter is one of those flies. Gre...
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Barbless Parachute Adams
$1.09Original priceOriginal price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price$1.09 - $1.09Current price $1.09| /Voted in American Angler as one of the Top Ten all-time trout patterns. If you have never fished Parachute patterns before, you are in for a treat...
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Barr's Emerger BWO-Beadhead
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Excellent pattern when fish are on the surface but not hitting the duns. Trailing shuck and beadhead make this a great pattern to cast upstream, a...
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Baby Bugger-Beadhead
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Great for those looking for a smaller bugger. The Baby Bugger is designed to mimic leeches, baitfish, little minnows, damsel nymphs, just about ...
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Bunny Leech-Beadhead
$0.98Original price $1.09Original price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price $1.09$0.98 - $0.98Current price $0.98| /All the great life like action of the Bunny Leech. Combined with the extra weight and action of the beadhead. Great for Alaska, Argentina, steelhe...
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Barr's Emerger BWO
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Excellent pattern when fish are on the surface but not hitting the duns. Trailing shuck make this a great pattern to cast upstream, and allow to ...
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Barbless Beadhead Woolly Bugger (Barbless)
$1.07Original price $1.19Original price $1.19 - Original price $1.19Original price $1.19$1.07 - $1.07Current price $1.07| /Use this pattern everywhere fish live! Works great for all game fish including Steelhead, Salmon, Trophy Trout, Bass, you name it. Tied with that...
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Barbless Blue Wing Olive
$1.19Original priceOriginal price $1.19 - Original price $1.19Original price$1.19 - $1.19Current price $1.19| /The most precise Blue Wing Olive or Beatis pattern out there. Rides high and true to fool the most wary of fish. When you see tiny 'sailboats' on...
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Blue Quill
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /A great early season pattern, especially prominent in the NE and Central United States. Quill patterns make perhaps the best imitation for those e...
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Barbless Beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tail
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /A great improvement on this all-time classic pattern. Many nymphs take on a very shiny appearance right before emerging. Trout key in on this vuln...
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Blackhead - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.34Original priceOriginal price $1.34 - Original price $1.34Original price$1.34 - $1.34Current price $1.34| /Olive body with a black tungsten head gives it a realistic feel to it. While the orange thread based color adds an excellent hot spot to entice st...
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Barbless Beadhead Pheasant Tail
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /One of the top five trout nymphs ever tied on a tippet. A near perfect imitation of the blue wing olive nymph, also works great for a general mayf...
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Blue Wing Olive Wet Fly
$1.09Original priceOriginal price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price$1.09 - $1.09Current price $1.09| /This prolific hatching mayfly makes itself available to fish and fly fisher year around in many locations. A real fish producer. Wet flies are a s...
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Barbless Royal Wulff
$1.09Original priceOriginal price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price$1.09 - $1.09Current price $1.09| /If you want a fast water fly this is one for your fly box. All Wulff style flies float extremely well, and this version is easy to see. The Royal ...
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Barbless Parachute Blue Wing Olive
$1.19Original priceOriginal price $1.19 - Original price $1.19Original price$1.19 - $1.19Current price $1.19| /Overview: One of the most prolific and long lived hatches. This versatile color can also cover both the Pale Morning Dun and Pale Evening Dun. If ...
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Blue Wing Olive Thorax
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Thorax style flies feature a single wing, and more hackling. Often fished with a 'V' cut in the bottom hackle to allow it ride lower. Proponents o...
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Bling Midge
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Bling Midge is one of those patterns that you plug into google and find hundreds of different ties. This imitation is meant to be kept fairly simp...
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Black Gnat
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Long a standby in every fly fisher's fly box. Especially effective in lakes, along the reeds, and in slower pools of rivers. Very common and pro...
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Blue Wing Olive Quill Body
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /A quill body version of the infamous BWO. Rides high and true to fool the most wary of fish. Slender, segmented quill body
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B's Black Stonefly Nymph - Tungsten
$1.01Original price $1.12Original price $1.12 - Original price $1.12Original price $1.12$1.01 - $1.01Current price $1.01| /This little guy will produce all year, but it does mimic the early season stoneflies that are found in Western rivers from January through May Tun...
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Barr's Emerger PMD-Beadhead
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Excellent pattern when fish are on the surface but not hitting the duns. Trailing shuck and beadhead make this a great pattern to cast upstream, ...
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Blue Dun
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /This pattern is one of the great all-time general dun-gray patterns. It can be used to imitate a number of hatches including the Blue Wing Olive, ...
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Black Beauty
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Midges bring fish to the surface 12 months out of the year. American Angler estimates midges account for 22% of trout's diet, by far the single mo...
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Brassie-Beadhead
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /A very useful pattern to have one's fly box. Has been used to imitate just about everything under the sun, that is of small size. Has enough weig...
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Brassie
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /A very useful pattern to have one's fly box. Has been used to imitate just about everything under the sun, that is of small size. Has enough weigh...
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Big Ugly Stone - Beadhead
$1.12Original priceOriginal price $1.12 - Original price $1.12Original price$1.12 - $1.12Current price $1.12| /Name of the fly says it all... It's Big... It's Ugly... And it's a stone. Should fish well in any rivers stones are present, but especially well i...
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Black Prince - Tungsten
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /The legendary Prince, presented here with the benefits of the Tungsten Beadhead. Everyone's favorite nymph and not just for trout. Now by customer...
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Barbless Pheasant Tail
$1.09Original priceOriginal price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price$1.09 - $1.09Current price $1.09| /A classic nymph, peacock thorax, slender pheasant tail body. The wire rib presents a nice segmented look, in addition to adding flash and durabili...
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Biot Midge - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /This simple, yet extremely effective, midge pattern is quickly becoming a favorite. Meant to imitate a midge larva merging into a midge pupa. Ex...
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Bird's Nest-Beadhead
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /The birds nest was designed by Cal Bird for catching Truckee River trout. It is a great nymph for all trout rivers and streams. Fish it dead drif...
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Barbless Flashback Pheasant Tail
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Like all the Pheasant Tail patterns, this one has a spot in every trout fisher's fly box. One of the best all time emerging Callibaetis patterns, ...
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Baby Got Bead - RIO (Barbless)
$3.25Original priceOriginal price $3.25 - Original price $3.25Original price$3.25 - $3.25Current price $3.25| /Anchor flies are often seen as less attractive, heavy nymphs whose sole purpose is to sink other "more attractive" flies on droppers quickly, but ...
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Blood White Death
$0.98Original price $1.09Original price $1.09 - Original price $1.09Original price $1.09$0.98 - $0.98Current price $0.98| /A slimed down zonker styled pattern that can be extremely effective. Great for lower and clearer conditions.
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Barr's Emerger BWO - Glass Bead
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Barr’s BWO Glass Bead The Barr’s BWO Glass Bead is a subtle, effective mayfly pattern designed for selective trout feeding on Blue-Winged Olive nym...
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Barr's Emerger PMD - Glass Bead
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Barr’s Emerger Glass Bead PMD The Barr’s Emerger Glass Bead PMD is a deadly transitional pattern built for trout feeding just below the surface du...
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How to Choose the Best Trout Flies
The best trout flies depend on water conditions, insect activity, and how trout are feeding. Matching the hatch is important, but having a few proven patterns can consistently produce results across a wide range of situations.
- Use dry flies when trout are feeding on the surface
- Fish nymphs when trout are feeding below the surface
- Use streamers to target larger, more aggressive fish
When to Use Different Types of Trout Flies
Different fly types are effective at different times depending on season and trout behavior.
- Spring and summer hatches favor dry flies and emergers
- Nymphs work year-round in most conditions
- Streamers are effective for covering water and triggering strikes
Proven Fly Patterns for Trout
While matching the hatch is important, a handful of patterns consistently catch trout in a variety of conditions.
- Mayfly imitations such as Parachute Adams and PMDs
- Caddis patterns like Elk Hair Caddis
- Nymphs including Pheasant Tail and Hare’s Ear
- Terrestrial patterns like hoppers, ants, and beetles
Fly Quality & Construction
- Hooks: Chemically sharpened for reliable hook sets
- Materials: Durable, fishable materials designed for consistent performance
- Selection: Wide range of patterns covering all major trout food sources
- Tested: Proven effective on rivers, lakes, and technical trout water