Tungsten Flies
Best Tungsten Flies for Trout
Best use: Getting flies down quickly in deep or fast water
Water: Rivers, riffles, runs, pockets, and tailwaters
Sizes: Typically 12–20
Use tungsten flies when you need to reach the strike zone fast, especially in heavy current, deeper runs, or tight-line setups.
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Back Flop Jig - Tungsten - Umpqua (Barbless)
$5.75Original priceOriginal price $5.75 - Original price $5.75Original price$5.75 - $5.75Current price $5.75| /Fishing streamers on Euro Nymphing leaders is a technique that my fly fishing team USA mates and I have been practicing for over a decade now. In c...
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Balance Leech Tungsten - Solitude
$2.88Original priceOriginal price $2.88 - Original price $2.88Original price$2.88 - $2.88Current price $2.88| /Excellent lake pattern. Tied on a jig hook with a tungsten bead attached with a post in front of the hook eye. This allows this pattern to sink ...
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Carp'n Crunch - RIO (Barbless)
$3.20Original priceOriginal price $3.20 - Original price $3.20Original price$3.20 - $3.20Current price $3.20| /Combining buggy natural colors, rubber legs, and hot accent tungsten beads, this fly is irresistible to carp around the world.
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Czech Princess Tungsten Jig - Solitude
$2.70Original priceOriginal price $2.70 - Original price $2.70Original price$2.70 - $2.70Current price $2.70| /Great jig attractor pattern, prefect for czech/euro setups.
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Daddy's Caddis - Tungsten - Solitude
$2.74Original priceOriginal price $2.74 - Original price $2.74Original price$2.74 - $2.74Current price $2.74| /A simple take on the braided caddis pupa. This version includes a small tuft of cdc and a tungsten bead. Both of those additions should improve t...
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Egan's Thread Frenchie - Tungsten - Umpqua
$4.05Original priceOriginal price $4.05 - Original price $4.05Original price$4.05 - $4.05Current price $4.05| /Another jigged version of the infamous Egan's Frenchie. This one features a thread-wrapped body that reduces the overall size of the nymph body. It...
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Euro CDC Pheasant Tail-Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.32Original priceOriginal price $1.32 - Original price $1.32Original price$1.32 - $1.32Current price $1.32| /CDC is one of our favorite materials for nymphs. It moves like mini marabou and looks incredible underwater. This pattern is tied much like a phea...
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Euro Scud - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.32Original priceOriginal price $1.32 - Original price $1.32Original price$1.32 - $1.32Current price $1.32| /This scud pattern features a tungsten bead and a jig hook Gets down quick, and doesn't snag the bottom A great option for those fishing Czech/Euro...
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Euro Zebra Midge-Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.45Original priceOriginal price $1.45 - Original price $1.45Original price$1.45 - $1.45Current price $1.45| /A hugely productive nymph pattern that should be in most anglers fly boxes. This pattern is simple and to the point. Thread based bodies counter w...
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Gold Jigger - RIO (Barbless)
$3.59Original priceOriginal price $3.59 - Original price $3.59Original price$3.59 - $3.59Current price $3.59| /Designed as a micro sized woolly bugger for universal use, this fly is bright enough to attract fish, yet subtle enough not to spook them. Tied wit...
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Guide Choice Hare's Ear - Tungsten
$1.32Original priceOriginal price $1.32 - Original price $1.32Original price$1.32 - $1.32Current price $1.32| /Guides aren’t always known for tying the prettiest flies, but they do tie the most effective, especially on the rivers they fish. The Guides C...
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Hardbody Leech - Umpqua
$5.75Original priceOriginal price $5.75 - Original price $5.75Original price$5.75 - $5.75Current price $5.75| /Hardbody Leech Tungsten-Belly Leech Pattern for Trout, Stillwater & More The Hardbody Leech is Umpqua Signature Tyer Russell Miller’s modern ta...
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Holy Grail - Tungsten
$1.32Original priceOriginal price $1.32 - Original price $1.32Original price$1.32 - $1.32Current price $1.32| /This pattern catches fish, in rivers and Stillwater alike. It is a highly versatile pattern that mimics both caddis and mayflies. Use in a dead ...
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Jig Hare's Ear Variant - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.45Original priceOriginal price $1.45 - Original price $1.45Original price$1.45 - $1.45Current price $1.45| /A variation on a hare's ear, designed for the competition angler. Tied on a 45 degree jig hook with a slotted tungsten bead gets the pattern down ...
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Jiggy Bugger - Tungsten (Barbless)
$2.09Original priceOriginal price $2.09 - Original price $2.09Original price$2.09 - $2.09Current price $2.09| /A perfect little streamer for lakes and streams Good looking jig doesn't get hung up in the rocks. Tungsten slotted bead gets it down NOW. Big Y F...
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Jiggy Leech - Tungsten (Barbless)
$2.09Original priceOriginal price $2.09 - Original price $2.09Original price$2.09 - $2.09Current price $2.09| /A perfect little streamer for lakes and streams Good looking jig doesn't get hung up in the rocks. Tungsten slotted bead gets it down NOW. Big Y F...
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Jiggy Micro May - Tungsten - Umpqua
$4.05Original priceOriginal price $4.05 - Original price $4.05Original price$4.05 - $4.05Current price $4.05| /"The original Micro Mayfly patterns have for years set the standard for small, quick-sinking, lethally effective mayfly nymphs. This new variation ...
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Keslar's Mini Gulp Sculp - Fulling Mill
$3.63Original priceOriginal price $3.63 - Original price $3.63Original price$3.63 - $3.63Current price $3.63| /A super versatile bug that can be stripped, jigged and dead drifted for maxiumum efficiency. Fishing streamers in the same style as a Nymph can...
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Kisha's Sugar Momma - Umpqua
$5.75Original priceOriginal price $5.75 - Original price $5.75Original price$5.75 - $5.75Current price $5.75| /Kisha’s Sugar Momma – Umpqua Compact Streamer with Big Movement for Trout, Bass & More Kisha’s Sugar Momma was built for one purpose: a s...
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Mason's Stable Maiden - Tungsten - Rainy's
$4.18Original priceOriginal price $4.18 - Original price $4.18Original price$4.18 - $4.18Current price $4.18| /Tungsten "balanced" damsel pattern. This is as close to a "sure thing" as you can get for a nice lake pattern Sparsely tied and crazy effective.
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Mayer's Mini Leech Jig Radiant - Tungsten - Umpqua
$4.90Original priceOriginal price $4.90 - Original price $4.90Original price$4.90 - $4.90Current price $4.90| /"My first jig hook design for Umpqua Feather Merchants, the Mayer's Jigged Mini Leech Radiant is my newest signature fly pattern. It's derived fro...
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Mini Leech Jigged Damsel - Tungsten - Umpqua
$4.49Original priceOriginal price $4.49 - Original price $4.49Original price$4.49 - $4.49Current price $4.49| /"When I decided to design a Damsel imitation, I started with the Mini Leech Jig which was already an imitation that I was using as a dropper in bot...
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Morrish Anato-May Tungsten - RIO
$3.25Original priceOriginal price $3.25 - Original price $3.25Original price$3.25 - $3.25Current price $3.25| /In many ways, this fly was born out of my youth and learning to tie with Andre Puyans. Andy was the creator of the AP nymph, which was a great fly ...
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Morrish Level Headed Damsel - RIO
$3.20Original priceOriginal price $3.20 - Original price $3.20Original price$3.20 - $3.20Current price $3.20| /I have always seen the damsel fly nymph as one of the harder insects to imitate. First, anglers must let go of the concept or illusion that they ca...
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Perdigon Biot Jig - Tungsten (Barlbess)
$1.59Original priceOriginal price $1.59 - Original price $1.59Original price$1.59 - $1.59Current price $1.59| /Jig nymphs are becoming more and more popular in the fly fishing community. Extremely popular nymph in trout streams everywhere. Mimics loads of ...
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Perdigon Nymph - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.39Original priceOriginal price $1.39 - Original price $1.39Original price$1.39 - $1.39Current price $1.39| /The Perdigon Nymph is designed for one thing—getting down fast and staying in the strike zone. Originally developed by Spanish competition anglers,...
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Picky Eater Perdigon - Tugnsten - Umpqua (Barbless)
$4.29Original priceOriginal price $4.29 - Original price $4.29Original price$4.29 - $4.29Current price $4.29| /Proudly designed by a Big Y Customer and Hood River local. "This fly features a simple body design that helps it sink quickly and a natural CDC col...
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RIO Fruit Strip – Jigged Leech Streamer Fly
$4.49Original priceOriginal price $4.49 - Original price $4.49Original price$4.49 - $4.49Current price $4.49| /RIO Fruit Strip – Jigged Leech Streamer Fly The RIO Fruit Strip is a modern evolution of the classic leech pattern, designed to combine tail-driven...
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RIO's Knotty Hooker
$2.69Original priceOriginal price $2.69 - Original price $2.69Original price$2.69 - $2.69Current price $2.69| /RIO Knotty Hooker – Stonefly Nymph Jig Fly The RIO Knotty Hooker takes the proven knotted-leg design of RIO’s Sili-Leg Stone and pairs it with a ...
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Rock Grinder Tungsten - RIO (Barbless)
$3.24Original priceOriginal price $3.24 - Original price $3.24Original price$3.24 - $3.24Current price $3.24| /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...
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Sexy Walt's Worm - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.32Original priceOriginal price $1.32 - Original price $1.32Original price$1.32 - $1.32Current price $1.32| /Now with Tungsten Slotted Bead and jig hook Jig nymphs are becoming more and more popular in the fly fishing community. Extremely popular nymph in...
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Sexy Walts - Tungsten - Umpqua
$4.29Original priceOriginal price $4.29 - Original price $4.29Original price$4.29 - $4.29Current price $4.29| /These flies just work - don’t let their simplicity fool you. The Sexy Walts brings a little flash to a classic hairs ear variation. This fly works ...
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The Ticket - Tungsten - Solitude
$2.96Original priceOriginal price $2.96 - Original price $2.96Original price$2.96 - $2.96Current price $2.96| /This is the hottest new Czech/Euro nymph from Solitude. Great colors, tungsten bead, highly requested. This pattern is "the ticket" to success o...
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Tungsten G6 Caddis - Solitude
$2.70Original priceOriginal price $2.70 - Original price $2.70Original price$2.70 - $2.70Current price $2.70| /A slick little caddis nymph that sinks quick. Great searching fly during hot, sunny days. Works all year long!
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Tungsten Jig Bugger - Fulling Mill (Barbless)
$3.63Original priceOriginal price $3.63 - Original price $3.63Original price$3.63 - $3.63Current price $3.63| /It's a bugger, it's a jig, it has tungsten. What more can you ask for! Great for all species that are attracted by buggers. Black and Olive make...
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Woolly Bugger - Tungsten
$2.40Original priceOriginal price $2.40 - Original price $2.40Original price$2.40 - $2.40Current price $2.40| /Use this pattern everywhere fish live! Works great for all game fish including Steelhead, Salmon, Trophy Trout, Bass, you name it. Tied with that...
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Zebra Midge - Tungsten
$1.49Original priceOriginal price $1.49 - Original price $1.49Original price$1.49 - $1.49Current price $1.49| /Representing the most common trout food sources, the midges. AKA Chironomids. It has been estimated that up to 22% of a trout's diet is composed o...
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Zebra Midge Curved - Tungsten
$1.49Original priceOriginal price $1.49 - Original price $1.49Original price$1.49 - $1.49Current price $1.49| /Representing the most common of trout food sources, the midges. AKA Chironomids. It has been estimated that up to 22% of a trout's diet is compose...
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Zirdle Bug - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.89Original priceOriginal price $1.89 - Original price $1.89Original price$1.89 - $1.89Current price $1.89| /A hot take on the popular Zirdle bug. This one has can represent small sculpins or leeches, or other tasty treats Jig, tungsten, rubber legs, ra...
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How to Fish Tungsten Flies
Tungsten flies are designed to sink quickly and reach feeding trout faster than standard beadhead patterns. They are especially effective in deep runs, fast current, and technical nymphing situations where depth matters most.
- Use tungsten flies to get down quickly in faster or deeper water
- Fish them under an indicator or with euro nymphing techniques
- Adjust depth and weight until you are consistently near the bottom
When to Use Tungsten Nymphs
Tungsten patterns are most effective when trout are holding deep or current speed makes it difficult to reach the strike zone with lighter flies.
- Ideal in high water, cold water, and deep runs
- Excellent for winter fishing and non-hatch periods
- Useful anytime fast sink rate is more important than delicate presentation
Fly Selection Tips for Tungsten Flies
Choosing the right tungsten fly depends on depth, current speed, and the type of food trout are feeding on.
- Use smaller tungsten flies in clear or pressured water
- Larger or heavier patterns work well in faster, deeper conditions
- Perdigons, jig flies, and tungsten midges are strong choices when quick depth is critical
Tungsten Fly Quality & Construction
- Beads: Tungsten beads for maximum sink rate in a compact profile
- Hooks: Chemically sharpened for reliable hook sets
- Profiles: Slim, efficient patterns designed to sink fast and drift naturally
- Tested: Proven effective in rivers, tailwaters, and technical nymphing situations