Emergers & Cripples

Adams is the most popular dry fly of all time The cripple is designed to replicate an half emergered insect. Great for callibaetis and other grey ...

Adams is the most popular dry fly of all time.  This version has the wings laid down near on the side to imitate a late-stage mayfly. Great for c...

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, a...

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, a...

Like so many other caddis emerger patterns this guy is tied in tan, on a scud hook, peacock thorax, ribbing, and hackle. Some do have a tail, othe...

For those tiny caddis hatches. The smaller the caddis the harder, the match, this pattern works great for both emergers and spinners.            ...

A simple emerger pattern that is quite effective. This emerger should sit just below the surface, with a small piece of foam just barely keeping ...

An emerger pattern with some sparkle and weight. Can be fished at varying depths of the water column. Many strikes come at the end of the drift,...

Tied with CDC this pattern originated as a Sedge (caddis) emerger from Europe. Great for small dark caddis or sedge. Floats without the aid of ...

Bob Quigley, the king of the "film” designed the Film Critic to match mayflies at their most vulnerable stage of the hatch, while emerging from nym...

The caddis is probably the most romanticized insect on the planet. Fly fisherman love them, their abundance gives one an idea of the health of a...

A great improvement on this all-time classic pattern. Many nymphs take on a very shiny appearance right before emerging. Trout key in on this vuln...

Flymphs have been around longer than most fly fishers realize. First coined by Pete Hidy in 1941, it is simply a floating nymph.  With today's cla...

Flymphs have been around longer than most fly fishers realize. First coined by Pete Hidy in 1941, it is simply a floating nymph.  With today's c...

Flymphs have been around longer than most fly fishers realize. First coined by Pete Hidy in 1941, it is simply a floating nymph.  With today's cla...

Yet another innovative pattern, that erases the boundaries of traditional dry fly thinking. And to the benefit of all fly fishers. Similar to the...

Harrop’s CDC Biot Emerger BWO – Solitude When trout key on Blue Winged Olives just before they break the surface, few patterns are as effective as ...

There is magic in the Zeppelin Caddis. Have you ever been in a blizzard caddis hatch, with fish porpoising all over but ignoring your fly? They are...

Deadly Effective. Strikingly Realistic. Designed to ride low in the water with the body suspended just below the surface film, the Klinkhammer Dry ...

This pattern is fished for everything from Browns to Cutthroats, it is a fantastically effective pattern, as it hangs in the surface film, imitati...

Represents an emerging mayfly. Can be fished in the surface film, or fish like a nymph. If you find the fish, they will hit this pattern. Fi...

This fly has recorded excellent results in Yellowstone all the way through Michigan. Fish it early and fish it late, fish it when the PMD's are...

Big trout love tiny flies. Smoke Jumper is one that has been a guide secret for many years. Best known on the Bighorn River, MT, it is an emerger...

Invented by Pat Dorsey on the South Platte River to entice finicky fish. This pattern has caught on for its productiveness and versatility. Midges...