Mayfly Emergers/Cripples

This black variation of the Avatar Fly is a buggy midge pattern. Somewhat like an RS2 (also invented by Rim Chung) it has had the majority of its ...

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 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 makes 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 and beadhead make this a great pattern to cast upstream, ...

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 favorite among the Rockies where this pattern originated. This pattern is somewhat like a Comparadun. Snowshoe rabbit foot is used as the wing d...

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...

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...

When you see fish slurping, they are feasting on emergers. These little patterns with life like CDC wings, make irresistible imitators to these a...

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 ...

This pattern has a lot going on, which should translate to quite a nice catch rate when fished. Tied in natural trout colors with a ton of attract...

Blue wing olives are one of the most iconic hatches. Fly fisherman relish them as do the fish. Being so popular this one hatch has created a pleth...

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 ...

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...

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...