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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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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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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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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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This pattern has been used to imitate all kinds of trout delicacies, including but not limited to, mayflies, caddis, scuds, sows, midges, worms, a...
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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...
View full detailsAnother thread midge, perfect for when they are the only things happening. Flash, excellent for skinny water, temperamentally challenged fish. Mi...
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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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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 detailsMidges 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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Your all-time favorite pattern with a bead that imitates the gas bubble nymphs ride to the top. This one will quickly be one of your must-haves. ...
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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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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...
View full detailsA 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...
View full detailsCrystal Midge (Glass Bead) Midges catch trout 12 months out of the year — and when the fishing gets tough, they’re often the only thing trout are t...
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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Contrast is often the name of the game in the fly fishing world as fish respond to it quite well. The Pinky Midge is an excellent example of that...
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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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Fish love eggs. They will eat them indiscriminately. Micro eggs imitate the actual size of many fish eggs. Fished best in tandem with other eggs
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...
View full detailsCrystal Midge (Unweighted) Midges are on the menu all year long, and when trout get selective, a clean, natural midge is often the difference betwe...
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Lady McConnell Dry Fly The Lady McConnell Dry Fly is one of those sneaky-good patterns that flat-out earns a permanent spot in your box. Originally...
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