Mayfly Emergers/Cripples

Another timeless pattern. Give the classic Adams dry fly a wet fly emerger wing, and you can catch fish all day long in the surface film. Great pa...

When fish are slurping, this one is catching Great for PMD and Sulphurs, but catches anytime a fish is cruising the film

Excellent pattern when fish are on the surface but not hitting the duns. Trailing shuck make this a great pattern to cast upstream, and allow to ...

Excellent pattern when fish are on the surface but not hitting the duns. Trailing shuck makes this a great pattern to cast upstream, and allow to...

This prolific hatching mayfly makes itself available to fish and fly fisher year around in many locations. A real fish producer. Wet flies are a s...

A great pattern for imitating the emerging mayfly. Beaded head which adds a slight amount of weight. The bubble back traps air which attract fish....

A widespread hatch occurring in the warmer months, in many places it is the most important mayfly hatch of the season. Many times finicky and s...

Callibaetis hatches can be "the" hatch for many waters, especially when fishing lakes. Often when a hatch is in full swing big lazy trout will sip...

Callibaetis are must for high mountain lakes. These bugs can be a major food source, and can hatch during the middle of summer. This pattern is de...

Comparaduns and Sparkle Duns are found in almost every fisherman’s fly box. Most guys have a preference, some prefer the sparkle, other like a com...

It's a great all-around mayfly dry The klinkhammer-style curved hook leaves much of the fly's body under the surface, represents a struggling emer...

Extremely effective mayfly pattern especially in the Sierra’s. Originally designed by Andy Burk. Terribly hard to take a picture of... Yellowish...

The classic wet fly swing. One of those forms of fly fishing that has disappeared on many rivers throughout the USA. A fairly simple tactic, cast ...

A legendary stillwater pattern, also good for rivers.   Great dragonfly and callibaetis imitation.   Created by Denny Rickards, tied full and fat ...

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...

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...

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...

This mayfly is a staple of a trout's diet.Particularly prevalent in the mid-west and east. Sink it a bit or float it in the film. A great hatch; ...

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...

Not always on the water, but when they are the fish are always biting. Emerger patterns are great for the time of day when the hatch hasn't yet st...

One of the best searching patterns out there.  When fish are feeding sub-surface, they cannot resist a soft hackled fly drifting by with that life...

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

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...

Not quite a dry fly, not quite a nymph, this thing hangs in the film with all sorts of webby goodness. Parachute for high-riding, good visibility.

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 ...

Lets face it fish like shiny stuff, it is often what attracts them in the first place. Pheasant Tail UV contains UV dubbing in the thorax that he...

Your all-time favorite pattern with a bead that imitates the gas bubble nymphs ride to the top. This one will quickly be one of your must have's....

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...

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...

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...

Quill Gordon wet flies cover a wide gamut of insects. Like all wet flies these are especially effective during emerging periods. A great choice ...

A hugely popular hatch in certain locales, the Red Quill (a classic Hendrickson imitation) is an iconic pattern on rivers like the Battenkill. Th...

Isonychia, Slate Drakes, Mahogany Duns. These sporadic hatches, are reliable in many rivers, particularly in the Midwest and East US. Also promine...

A soft hackle wet flies are extremely popular and effective in the hands of the right user. This PMD imitation is great during mayfly and/or Pale ...

A soft hackle brassie, sinks fast, attracts and flutters, and imitates many insects. Very good searching pattern.

Is there a time not to use this pattern? Excellent imitation of all major mayflies, especially during their emerging stage. Great for a searchin...

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...

The art of swinging wet flies is one that has been reinvigorate. Where using a trout spey setup or a single hander, it is a technique that can be...

Ephemerella invaria, throughout the Midwest and many other regions as well, this is THE hatch to fish. When fish are ultra selective and pressure...

Sulphurs and Pale Morning Duns are fairly similar in look and no surprise that the staple nymph for both hatches are the Pheasant Tail. The Sulph...