Dry Flies

Voted in American Angler as one of the Top Ten all-time trout patterns. If you have never fished Parachute patterns before, you are in for a treat...

BWO is 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 you...

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...

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...

When we added the Purple Haze pattern it absolutely took off, and quickly became a go to fly for most fisherman. Looking like most parachute patt...

If you have never fished Parachute patterns before, you are in for a treat. They ride low in the water for easier hook-ups. They land softly so as...

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...

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...

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...

This pattern was designed by Doug Swisher for use in the Bitterroot River in Montana. The Madam X quickly became a classic dry fly attractor patte...

Absolute must pattern for the eastern United States, and a versatile enough color to be effective everywhere. Invararia, dorothea, are the scienti...

One 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...

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...

At last a Trico pattern that one can see! Comes in both cream for female, and black for males. A deadly pattern for those legendary summer Tri...

Fluorescent post makes these great indicator patterns when fishing fast water or low light. Excellent for fishing dropper combo.  Nice bright p...

The Parachute Adams fly is one of the stables that almost every fly fisherman has in their fly box. The pattern imitates an abundance of insects ...

One of the most prolific and long lived hatches. Presented here with a blue dun post, to closer match the wing of the natural. If you have never f...

A parachute Adams with with spinner wings. Something for the finicky fish who have seen enough of the Parachute Adams. A different look for an o...

Excellent pattern for many light colored mayflies including Pale Morning Dun, Red Quills, Pale Evening Duns, Pale Watery Duns, and Spur Wings. If ...

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...

When the water has a high sun glare, a white post simply won’t cut it. Hi-Vis are easy to see in most conditions, and being able to see the fly d...

This might win the award for simplifying dry fly selection. It is a jack of all insects and master of none. Winner of 'one fly' contests. Perhaps ...

Fish love ants, the bigger and nastier the more intense the strikes become. From Scott Sanchez's book "A New Generation of Trout Flies,” this pa...

We have all seen a Parachute Adams, and most of us have caught more fish than we can count on one. The pattern has been around for generations. Ho...

A dry fly pattern with parachute wings and a mahogany colored body. A popular summer pattern, and a good searching pattern as well. Great for the ...

Much like the Parachute Adams, the Parachute Blue Wing Olive has been around a long time. The Blue Wing Olive in particular is responsible for th...

Parachute version of this popular mayfly hatch. Also great for Brown Drakes, and many other brown colored hatches. Rithrogena Germanica, Stenonema...

This pattern was designed by Doug Swisher for use in the Bitterroot River in Montana. The Madam X quickly became a classic dry fly attractor patte...

Long a standby in every fly fisher's fly box. Especially effective in lakes, along the reeds, and in slower pools of rivers. Very common and pro...

The faithful parachute, great for rougher waters, low light, and those of us with just bad eye sight. Parachutes have long been a favorite of dry ...

The Adams is one of the most successful dry fly patterns of all time. Can be used to imitate a plethora of mayfly hatches, including baetis, calli...

Brought to us from a customer who has had a lot of success with this pattern in Montana. Great for those larger mayfly hatches, where, for som...

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...

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

The parachute version of the pattern named after Albert Everett Hendrickson of New York. First tied in 1916 to imitate the mayfly Ephermella sub...

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...

Peacock is one of the most used materials in fly tying. It has an iridescence to it that is not able to be replicated through synthetics. The peac...

This hatch is infamous on the Boise River. Also popular on other western rivers. Fish near riffles in the seams. This pattern also works for PMD's...

The Pale Morning Dun (PMD) hatch goes on and on and on, be ready as the fish become wary of the fishing pressure and often only select the cripple...

Fantastic for Light Hendricksons Great for larger adults of the Pink Alberts Fish near riffles in the seams. Very popular in the Appalachians. W...

All the right colors, now in a parachute. The #1 rough water attractor that has caught everything under the water, can ride flat for more hook-up...

This is one of those flies that can do a little bit of everything. Apply  a CDC floatant and fish it as a dry. Throw on a versileader and fish i...