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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.
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Beadhead helps get this down earlier, and keep it down. Imitating anything from an annelid to an earthworm. Worms are always available food for fi...
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The classic enhanced with crystal flash and variegated rubber legs. The hair wing and tail, and the two hackles give it plenty of floatation, add ...
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A twist on this classic pattern by Randall Kaufmann. Sometimes rubber legs will turn the tide to your favor. More lively action attracts vicious ...
View full detailsA lead-free wrapped body and a tungsten bead assure these Pat's will sink like no others.
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CDC is one of our favorite materials for nymphs. It moves like mini marabou and looks incredible underwater. This pattern is tied much like a phea...
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Jig nymphs are becoming more and more popular in the fly fishing community. Extremely popular nymph in trout streams everywhere. Mimics loads of ...
View full detailsThe WD-40 is responsible for catching millions of fish throughout the US and beyond. This small midge pattern has been found to be quite effectiv...
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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 vu...
View full detailsStonefly nymphs live in clean moving water, and are an important feeding source for both trout and steelhead. All the attributes of the Beadhead K...
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Euro Hot Butt Zebra Midge (Jigged, Barbless) When the bite gets technical, midges still get eaten. The Euro Hot Butt Zebra Midge is a jig-style, ba...
View full detailsThis 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...
View full detailsRepresenting the most common of trout food sources, the midges. AKA Chironomids. It has been estimated that up to 22% of a trout's diet is compose...
View full detailsAlaska's #1 pattern and with good reason. All gamefish eat leeches, this pattern imitates leeches, forage fish, stonefly nymphs all of which will ...
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Ah the king of terrestrial patterns, the Fat Albert. If your heading to Montana, chances are your box is full of these and Chubby Chernobyls. ...
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This all-time classic pattern has been used to catch more fish under more circumstances than probably any other pattern. And when we say all-time ...
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Fish love eggs. They will eat them indiscriminately. Not just steelhead and salmon either, every fish wil eat any eggs. Don't go to Alaska without...
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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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Another twist on the classic all-time favorite. Many nymphs obtain a shiny back right before emerging, fish often trigger on this. Flashback also ...
View full detailsA traditionally styled fly with modern materials. Soft woodchuck dubbing is used as a collar to make it appear similar to a soft hackle Tungsten b...
View full detailsIf we had one fly to fish, it would be this pattern. Great for all species of game fish including, steelhead, salmon, trophy trout, and trophy bas...
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These guys are monsters that pack a punch, if you don't catch a fish with one of these bad boys it is because the fish are scared of it. Great for...
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An excellent searching pattern. Popular coast to coast. Hard to read a fly fishing forum without coming across this pattern Excellent for all fi...
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Just add flash to the#1 nymph in the world and with good reason. Buggy, flashy, suggestive of a plethora of nymphs. The more it is fished the bugg...
View full detailsOne of the most prolific and long lived hatches. Hi Vis gives this fly extra visibility when the fly becomes tricky to see. This versatile co...
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