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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.
Customer favorites: Elk Hair Caddis • BH Copper John• BWO • Parachute Adams • BH Woolly Bugger
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The Elk Hair Caddis is a must-have dry fly that imitates adult caddisflies skating and drifting across the surface. It’s one of the most dependable...
View full detailsThis pattern was designed by Randall Kaufmann, borrowing liberally from the Improved Sofa Pillow and Bucktail Caddis. The Stimulator has become on...
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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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THE adult caddis imitation. Floats extremely well in rough water, durable, and deadly. Yep this is in everyone's Top Ten trout flies.
Elk Hair Caddis with a CDC under wing. Add flutter and buoyancy. Floats extremely well in rough water, durable, and deadly. A nice addition to...
View full detailsA 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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From the Wall Street Journal, the Mop Fly. We have been getting tons of requests for this fly and now here it is. Tied in the hottest colors on a ...
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Ever see a dessert cart, and want something without knowing what it is? The Fat Albert might be a dessert cart for trout. Like the Chernobyl ...
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This all time favorite Hopper pattern just got a lot better. A foam body makes this pattern virtually unsinkable, meaning more time with your fly ...
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The Caddis version of the cripples. Has trailing shuck, to imitate an unsuccessful emergence. Caddis are quick emergers and trout often will focu...
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Scuds are a vital food source for trout. Scuds live in slack waters of rivers, and are the #1 food source in many lakes that hold trophy sized ...
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This pattern was designed to be an emerging midge, is also excellent for small emerging mayflies including the prolific baetis or Blue Wing Olive...
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Like other parachutes the Parachute Hopper rides low in the water, is easy to see in low light. Hopper and other terrestrials make an easy high c...
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...
View full detailsCaddis or sedge are extremely important source of food worldwide. This is a great imitation of the caddis pupa, that trout just love. In caddis fi...
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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. ...
View full detailsEvery once in awhile we run across a pattern that will work pretty much all the time. If its hot, cold, sunny, cloudy, whatever the weather, this...
View full detailsScuds or Freshwater Shrimp are a vital food source for trout. Scuds live in slack waters of rivers, and are the #1 food source in many lakes th...
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This classic pattern was designed by innovative tier Gary LaFontaine. The Emergent is the first pattern to mimic the hesitation of the escaping na...
View full detailsThis 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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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...
View full detailsA 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...
View full detailsHalf Chubby The Half Chubby takes the proven profile and buoyancy of the classic Chubby Chernobyl and trims it down into a smaller, more na...
View full detailsA simple take on the braided caddis pupa. This version includes a small tuft of cdc and a tungsten bead. Both of those additions should improve t...
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