Dry Flies

Foam is a wonderful material to design flies with, it is durable, floats extremely well, and is available in a variety of colors. The Better Foam C...

Trout that live in streams that flow through forests, hit these all summer long. Use this pattern from around the end of July to late September. ...

Infamous in Michigan especially on the AuSable and Manistee Rivers. Excellent for the Hex and other larger hatches. Excellent for all pale colored...

Bullet Head dry flies are extremely popular due to their ability to float high and create one of the more realistic body profiles. This one is a ...

Effective in all types of water, and fished in all different ways. One of those do everything patterns, a standard in Arizona, for trout, blu...

High floating fly that is sure to handle the roughest of waters Works well as an attractor or during terrestrial hatches.

This pattern comes from our 2023 fly-tying photo contest.   The October caddis is our last big hatch every fall in the west. From Alaska to Califo...

While this pattern has been around for a while, one of our beloved local customers keeps raiding his old guide boxes and leaving his version for u...

An extremely effective bream pattern. Developed for the Llano River, TX by Austin fishing guru Kevin Hutchinson This little critter catches bass, ...

Hex spinner falls can be more dramatic than the hatch. Spinners can float for a long time, often trout will be hitting spinners and there will be ...

A one of a kind hatch on Michigan's famed Au Sable and many other rivers and lakes.  The giant mayfly can cause action that is staggering. The lar...

Excellent Stonefly pattern looks realistic and has great foam body for flotation. Also works great as an attractor or large cricket. Tied with Rai...

Bullet Head dry flies are extremely popular due to their ability to float high and create one of the more realistic body profiles. This one is a g...

This pattern double as a Hex imitator, in larger sizes. And a yellow drake in smaller sizes. Works for both Spinners and those clumsy adults just ...

Avid fly fishermen know the big hatch on their favorite river, they know when it will be coming, they get excited for it to come, and the second i...

Fish these all day during the Giant salmonfly hatch of the west. Very durable and buoyant. Fun to fish, and great for the Giant Salmonfly hatch.

This one is a great golden stone imitation. Fish during salmonfly/stonefly hatches, also cicada, terrestrial, and others.

A mini little frog should live in the corner of your fly box. One day it will come out to play. You will both have a good time.

This pattern comes to us out of a popular fly tying magazine.  The traveling Sedge, or Motorboat Caddis is one of the most exciting stillwater ...

The Norm Wood Special has always been one of the best imitations for the Golden Stonefly, then along came the Chubby Chernobyl, which proved itself...

This pattern covers not only the Giant Salmonfly but also the Golden Salmonfly or Adult Stones. Many western rivers hit their peak with salmonfly ...

Simply an imitation or the real deal? You'd never know because RIO's Still Stone is downright tantalizing—and not just to trout. It's hard for us t...

A great pattern that mimics various stones dropping eggs. Excellent option for skwala, salmonfly, golden stone and even larger yellow sally hatch...

One of the all-time classic Deschutes fly patterns Simple, easy, effective Represents all stoneflies, and well...

This is one sweet October Caddis pattern. It has the colors and profile just right to bring those fish off the bottom to eat. October Caddis are no...

Killer foam crane fly.  Don't be caught without this crucial imitation in your box. Craneflies are an extremely under looked food source in the sp...

The Norm Wood Special has always been one of the best imitations for the Golden Stones on the famous Deschutes River.  It's custom dyed calf tail...

"Stylistically this fly has a number of traits that I tend to incorporate in my foam dry flies while maintaining that simple, low riding, hopper/st...

The Norm Wood Special has always been one of the best imitations for the Golden Stones on the famous Deschutes River.  It's custom dyed calf tail...