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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Pheasant Tail
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /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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Purple Haze - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Psychedelic name hypnotic effect on trout. Try it in low light situations, or when you know you are casting to fish that are ignoring the whole k...
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RS 2 Nymph
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /You can tell how effective a pattern is by the spin-offs it has, and this one has a lot in a short time. These occurrences are a catalyst for tr...
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Sulphur Dun Dry Fly – Mayfly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Ephemerella invaria, throughout the Midwest and many other regions as well, this is THE hatch to fish. The duns take flight fairly quickly, but be...
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Light Cahill – Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Excellent pattern for many light colored mayflies including, Pale Morning Dun, Red Quills, Pale Evening Duns, Pale Watery Duns, and Spur Wings. Al...
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Hare's Ear
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Still the #1 nymph in the world and with good reason. Buggy, flashy, suggestive of a plethora of nymphs. The more it is fished the buggier it get...
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Pale Morning Dun - Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Quite simply one of THE great hatches. Many, many anglers rely on this hatch to provide them with the bulk of their warm weather fish. Begins as e...
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Sparkle Duns Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /A great emerger, dun, or cripple pattern. These flies ride low, have a trailing shuck, are easy to cast and see. Two excellent colors, for a plet...
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Parachute Pale Morning Dun – Mayfly Dry Fly
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /The Pale Morning Dun or PMD is a great hatch throughout the West. Massive numbers trigger greedy feeding, and action that is not likely to be forg...
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Midges
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /This pattern deserves a large spot in your vest. Excellent year around choice for tiny BWO's, PMD's, and midges. Many of which hatch throughout t...
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Midge Hi-Vis
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /A midge pattern with a hi-viz (high visibility) post so you can actually see it. Especially in low light conditions. Tied on a klinkhammer styled ...
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Parachute Sulphur
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Absolute must pattern for the eastern United States, and a versatile enough color to be effective everywhere. Invararia, dorothea, are the scienti...
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Anatomical PMD/Baetis - Beadhead
$0.99Original priceOriginal price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price$0.99 - $0.99Current price $0.99| /Skip Morris' solution to highly selective or pressurized trout. These two slender nymphs are often mistaken for each other, fish where either or p...
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Parachute Midges
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /Midges are pretty much everywhere and make up for up 22% of a fish’s diet in certain locations. Additionally, many rivers and lakes have midge ha...
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Comparadun
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /This very versatile pattern is a great spring creek pattern. Also very popular in slack water and pools. Great emerger and spent wing spinner pat...
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Callibaetis Cripple
$0.89Original price $0.99Original price $0.99 - Original price $0.99Original price $0.99$0.89 - $0.89Current price $0.89| /A widespread hatch occurring in the warmer months, in many places it is the most important mayfly hatch of the season. Many times finicky and s...
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Spotts’ Western Green Drake - Fulling Mill - Mayfly Dry Fly
$3.00Original price $3.33Original price $3.33 - Original price $3.33Original price $3.33$3.00 - $3.00Current price $3.00| /Spotts’ Western Green Drake Realistic Green Drake Dry Fly for Big Trout Spotts’ Western Green Drake is a highly realistic dry fly designed for one ...
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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