Nymphs

"Most modern crayfish patterns focus primarily on a single attribute: Realism. While indeed a valuable component, I find that many realistic flies ...

RIO's Rock Grinder is designed to sink very fast and be a nice mix of buggy-ness and attraction. This euro nymph has a hot tag of floss and a CDC c...

A midge pattern that just screams pick me. Excellent pattern for everywhere. Midges make up a goodly portion of trout's diets. Developed by Greg...

Another fly to add to a czech/euro nymphing collection. The addition of beadheads forever changed the way we nymph for trout. Since then hundred...

Based on the late Gary LaFontaine's Deep Caddis Pupa, this wire bodied version is dressed with a black nickel bead and features dark wing pads whi...

Mayflies can emerge in a frenzied riot. These occurrences are a catalyst for trout to do the same. Partially developed wing is frequently wha...

You can tell how effective a pattern is by the spin-offs it has, and this one has a lot in a short time. These occurrences are a catalyst for tr...

You can tell how effective a pattern is by the spin-offs it has, and this one has a lot in a short time. These occurrences are a catalyst for tr...

Sample's caddis is a fantastic, simple caddis pupa CDC and vernille equals tasty...

This pattern is sometimes controversial because it has the word "worm" in it. But this is not the garden variety type worm, but an aquatic worm, ...

Beadhead helps get this down earlier, and keep it down. Imitating anything from an annelid to an earthworm. Worms are always available food for fi...

A classic nymph, with a pheasant tail thorax and slender pheasant tail body. Useful for virtually all mayfly nymphs, including the Baetis nymph. ...

Scuds or Freshwater Shrimp are a vital food source for trout. Scuds live in slack waters of rivers, and are the #1 food source in many lakes th...

Scuds or freshwater shrimp are not in all waters, but the waters they are in fish readily target them. This simple Shrimp Scud is another great i...

"The Silver Bullet Baetis is a sleek, fast sinking pattern perfect for hanging below a bushy dry, or on a nymph rig. This simple fly is durable, ...

One of the hottest bwo emerger patterns. Popular from Sierra's to Arkansas and points east and west north and south. Excellent for dropper combo....

Blue Winged Olives are the most important food source for trout. BWOs hatch from early fall through late spring and provide many trout with the bu...

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...

A chironomid pupa pattern, the Snow Cone is meant to replicate emergering chironomids. Extremely popular in the high lakes of Oregon and Colora...

The Fulling Mill Sob-Czech Olive Barbless is a versatile tungsten jig nymph designed to sink quickly and stay in the strike zone. Its buggy olive b...

This "softie" is tied on a scud hook and paired with a tungsten bead.  It  makes a wonderful dropper pattern - behind either a larger nymph or a hi...

Extremely realistic scud pattern. Hugely popular with stillwater and southwest fisherman. Contains a transparent look that is hard to replicate.

Sow Bugs or Cress Bugs are vital in many rivers, especially important in White River in Arkansas.

A hugely popular pattern in the Czech/Euro world. The Spanish Bullet is designed to quickly sink in fast flowing water. A glued body allows the...