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Best Selling Trout Flies

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 CaddisBH Copper JohnBWOParachute Adams BH Woolly Bugger

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  • Blue Wing Olive

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    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)

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    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

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    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)

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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)

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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)

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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)

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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