Big Y Brand Flies

When I think of a cripple I typically think of a some type of mayfly, a BWO or Baetis, PMD or Sulphur, heck even a drake. But the truth is just a...

Long an all-time Alaska favorite. Big rainbows are cannibals, and they also feast on carcasses of rotting Salmon. Dead drift this pattern wherever...

Ants are more important food source than most fly anglers realize. Ants are extremely available to fish on ice free waters in the Rockies, Cascade...

In the winter months chironomids and midges make up a good deal of a fishes food intake. This pattern is great for cold weather fishing, small and...

Effective on tailwaters. One of the new winter trout patterns. A Colorado favorite.

A realistic, durable, high floating Hopper pattern. Use this pattern from around the end of July to late September. When fishing this fly, make 3 ...

An adaptation of the streamer by renowned streamer fisher Kelly Galloup Designed without weight to be pulled under by a weighted line. Allowing th...

Developed by Al Troth, on Hebgen Lake in Southwest Montana.  Originally tied to match the callibaetis hatch. The olive version effective for m...

Big attention getting pattern, tied with life like rabbit. Lead eyes give it a jigging action. Montana and New Zealand legend. Gets down deep and ...

A pattern that was invented to be a mixture of a red Copper John and a Pheasant Tail. It has been known to be an extremely effective dropper and ...

Swinging soft hackles for trout has gained some popularity of late. This pattern is particular designed with that in mind. While it can be fishe...

When the weather is hot the fish do their best to beat the heat. They like to sit in shaded areas, or in deep slots, where the water is cool, but...

Midges are available all year round and in almost every river, an avid fisherman knows you need midges. This pattern is designed to replicate Midg...

Jig nymphs are becoming more and more popular in the fly fishing community. Bruin Nymph is a generic mayfly patttern on a jig hook.  Jig hook all...

Perhaps no other hatch is as anticipated as this early spring hatcher. This pattern also duplicates as a great searching pattern. Rithrogena Germa...

This pattern represents the Stenonema vicarium nymph. These are slow emergers and therefore a favorite of fly fishers. A very important spring pat...

Scuds 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...

Parachute version of this popular mayfly hatch. Also great for Brown Drakes, and many other brown colored hatches. Quill Body and CDC parachute gi...

Another deadly Wulff pattern in the infamous series. This color combination is a better imitator than some of the others, who are more well known ...

CDC adds life like action to this prevalent insect. Always available, these are good anytime patterns to have in your fly box. Excellent as a drop...

As the weather cools midges become an ever more important food source for trout. The CDC Surface Midge is designed to float well as it is made en...

Imitates all minnows, bait fish, etc. that large fish gobble with abandon--trout, bass, steelhead, salmon, char. Be ready for vicious strikes, wh...

Very Popular for Atlantic salmon, trout, and lake fishing. A must-have in Maine

Excellent deep searching pattern, all the right colors unique shape and weighted.  Sculpin are available almost everywhere.

Outstanding searching pattern, and excellent match for gray dun and dun brown may flies. Like the Hare's ear nymph, this pattern will always be in...

One basic fact central to all fishing is this: Big fish eat little fish. This pattern capitalizes on that fact better than any other fly pattern w...

The Black & Peacock or Soft Hackle Peacock is a classic pattern. Great caddis emerger and pupa pattern. Originally designed as a swing pattern...

Caddis or sedge are extremely important source of food worldwide. This is a great imitation of the caddis larva.  This pattern has great buggy f...

A great early season pattern; where ever green drakes inhabit. Fish these during emerging green drake hatch.

PMD is one of the most important hatches, known to trout fly fishers. It is also one of the most fished, be ready for all the different stages wit...

Excellent pattern for Great Lakes Steelie, trout and Alaska.  Especially effective in low water. Has become a go to fly in very little time.

Very effective imitation of spawning shrimp. A reliable food source for Bonefish, Redfish, Permit and more.  Deep version has lead dumbbell eyes ...

A widespread hatch occurring in the warmer months, in many places it is the most important mayfly hatch of the season. A very precise imitation. P...

This fly is heavily tied with cdc making it one high floating bug. It has been known to work on many rivers, but excels in spring creeks and pocke...

The deer hair comes alive, creating turbulent water, that bass just love. Represents anything from a frog to a sculpin.

Ephemerella invaria, throughout the midwest and many other regions as well, this is THE hatch to fish. Many dry fly fishermen fish biot exclusive...

Yet another great all around attractor, rough water fly. Use as an indicator, and a 'when nothing is going on' searching pattern. Great buoyancy. ...

The Copper John is an incredibly famous pattern. This variation is tied with a tungsten bead so that it gets down NOW! Also great under an indicat...

Every once in awhile a fly comes around that is both extremely effective and versatile, that would be an underestimate for the Borcher's Drake. Kn...

Great for emerging midge pupa. Always available, these are good anytime patterns to have in your fly box. Excellent as a dropper below an attracto...

A wet fly used heavily in the Smokey Mountains. There are many patterns out there sharing this name.  This one is prominent in the Southern United...

There are two nice things about classic fly patterns. They almost always catch fish, and they continue to inspire changes. The Adams is no excepti...

A new pattern that provides a great alternative to heavily pressured fish. Imitates midges and small mayflies. A top producer when fish ignore s...

Princes are an iconic pattern in the nymphing world. Meant to look like stones or mayflies or an attractor, they have a place in almost every fly...