Emergers & Cripples

This classic pattern was designed by innovative tier Gary LaFontaine. The Emergent is the first pattern to mimic the hesitation of the escaping na...

This pattern is deadly when fish are keying on emergers. The emerging stage is when insects are the most vulnerable, and big fat fish slurp them u...

This pattern is deadly when fish are keying on emergers. The emerging stage is when insects are the most vulnerable, and big fat fish slurp them up.

This pattern is deadly when fish are keying on emergers. The emerging stage is when insects are the most vulnerable, and big fat fish slurp them u...

This pattern is deadly when fish are keying on emergers. The emerging stage is when insects are the most vulnerable, and big fat fish slurp them u...

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...

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

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

Excellent general emerger pattern for pale colored mayflies, caddis flies, or to just swing or drift in the surface film when it's difficult to te...

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 ...

A low riding emerger caddis pattern.  A unique wing and body structure entices strikes when others won't. Favorite at Yellowstone.

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 ...

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

Cripples are mayflies that never completed their emergence. Incredibly popular when hatches are going off and the fish don’t seem to be finding y...

A super simplistic but effective dry fly pattern. Particularly useful during mayfly hatches when finicky trout are present.

    Pale Morning Dun Cripple When trout key on struggling mayflies instead of perfect duns, a cripple pattern can outfish a traditional dry...

An import from New Zealand. A robust pheasant tail, with a full bodied silhouette. A great addition to your beadhead arsenal.

An excellent pattern for imitating all sorts of emerging mayfly nymphs. Combines the attributes of the beadhead nymph with the attributes of an ...

Pink Ladies aren't near as common as a bwo or pmd, and are often mistaken for them. However, when they are hatching you can bet that a mayfly imit...