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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Balanced Damsel - Tungsten
$1.23Original priceOriginal price $1.23 - Original price $1.23Original price$1.23 - $1.23Current price $1.23| /Great damsel nymph imitation. Perfect for those fishing in lakes under an indicator, or rivers plentiful we damsel flies.
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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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Chironomid Bomber - Tungsten
$1.32Original priceOriginal price $1.32 - Original price $1.32Original price$1.32 - $1.32Current price $1.32| /A chironomid pupa pattern, meant to replicate emergering chironomids. Extremely popular in the high lakes of Oregon and Colorado, this simplistic ...
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Euro Caddis - Tungsten
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /A nice caddis pattern excellent for euro styled fishing. Exceptional for areas with larger caddis. A picked out dubbing collar gives it a emerger ...
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Euro Jig Minnow - Fulling Mill (Barbless)
$3.63Original priceOriginal price $3.63 - Original price $3.63Original price$3.63 - $3.63Current price $3.63| /Fishing streamers in the same style as a Nymph can be deadly - this pattern is a solid performer. Minnow/Sculpins are typically available year...
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Euro Jig Silver Fish - Fulling Mill (Barbless)
$3.63Original priceOriginal price $3.63 - Original price $3.63Original price$3.63 - $3.63Current price $3.63| /Fishing streamers in the same style as a Nymph can be deadly - this pattern is a solid performer. Minnow/Sculpins are typically available year...
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Flashback Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail - Tungsten
$1.32Original priceOriginal price $1.32 - Original price $1.32Original price$1.32 - $1.32Current price $1.32| /Take a beadhead Pheasant Tail and give it a heavier bead, and you have a faster sink rate, and slightly different action to foll even the wariest ...
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Flexi Chironomid - Tungsten
$1.12Original priceOriginal price $1.12 - Original price $1.12Original price$1.12 - $1.12Current price $1.12| /A chironomid pupa pattern, meant to replicate emerging chironomids. This is a Big Y Signature Pattern. It has been in development for several yea...
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Floss Diver - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.34Original priceOriginal price $1.34 - Original price $1.34Original price$1.34 - $1.34Current price $1.34| /Jig nymphs are becoming more and more popular in the fly fishing community. Floss Diver is a caddis pupa imitation. Fish anywhere there is a stro...
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Frenchie Chironomid - Tungsten - Umpqua (Barbless)
$3.75Original priceOriginal price $3.75 - Original price $3.75Original price$3.75 - $3.75Current price $3.75| /"Pheasant tail fibers are one of those natural materials that seem to have magic fish attractant built in. That’s why Pheasant Tail Nymphs and Fren...
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Frenchie Nymph-Tungsten
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /A great all purpose nymph. It simple profile and tungsten beadhead keep it rolling on the bottom and make it simply irresistible. While Pink is th...
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Get-it-Down Pat's - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.69Original priceOriginal price $1.69 - Original price $1.69Original price$1.69 - $1.69Current price $1.69| /Extended body Euro-style Pats Rubber Legs is sure to win over the masses. Extra-heavy, but it casts easily. Jig style helps prevent hang-ups o...
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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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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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Hare's Ear - Tungsten
$1.12Original priceOriginal price $1.12 - Original price $1.12Original price$1.12 - $1.12Current price $1.12| /All the infamous traits of the Beadhead Hare's Ear, but with a Tungsten Bead Head for faster sink rates. Still the #1 nymph in the world and with ...
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Iced Cased Caddis - Tungsten
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /The original Cased Caddis nymph is one that is highly underrated. This updated twist on the classic is sure to be just as productive if not more s...
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Jig BH Girdle Bug - Tungsten - Montana Fly Co
$3.50Original priceOriginal price $3.50 - Original price $3.50Original price$3.50 - $3.50Current price $3.50| /The name says it all High quality tie from Montana Fly Co Is the go-to Rocky Mountain fly for a solid 2-3 months every spring. Tungsten Bead Siz...
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Jigged Flexi Stone -Rainy's
$4.00Original priceOriginal price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Balanced jig, pats body, knotted legs. This pattern has a ton going on. Perfect pattern to replicate a stone moving across the bottom of a river.
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Jiggy Drake - Tungsten - Umpqua (Barbless)
$4.05Original priceOriginal price $4.05 - Original price $4.05Original price$4.05 - $4.05Current price $4.05| /"This drake nymph is tied with a tungsten bead so it is guaranteed to scrape bottom, and the combination of natural and synthetic materials impart ...
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Jiggy Legs - Tungsten (Barbless)
$2.10Original priceOriginal price $2.10 - Original price $2.10Original price$2.10 - $2.10Current price $2.10| /The Czech/Euro Pat's Rubber Legs (or Jimmy Legs) is here. Jiggy Legs was designed on the Deschutes where swift currents and rocky bottoms can lose...
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Kaufmann Stone - Tungsten
$1.49Original priceOriginal price $1.49 - Original price $1.49Original price$1.49 - $1.49Current price $1.49| /Especially for fast water, when your fly needs to get down fast and deep. For steelhead and torpedo like trout everywhere. Be prepared with a stou...
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Kaufmann Stone Rubber Legs - Tungsten
$1.49Original priceOriginal price $1.49 - Original price $1.49Original price$1.49 - $1.49Current price $1.49| /All the bells and whistles on one stonefly nymph. Especially for fast water, when your fly needs to get down fast and deep. For steelhead and torp...
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Mason's Euro Trash Worm-- Rainy's (Barbless)
$4.00Original priceOriginal price $4.00 - Original price $4.00Original price$4.00 - $4.00Current price $4.00| /Tungsten bead for extra weight The right amount of flash So effective, it should be banned High water special
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Nemec Stone Tungsten Beadhead - Fulling Mill
$4.29Original priceOriginal price $4.29 - Original price $4.29Original price$4.29 - $4.29Current price $4.29| /Stonefly nymphs live in clean moving water, and are an important feeding source for both trout and steelhead. Use this pattern in faster moving wa...
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Perdiworm - Fulling Mill (Barbless)
$3.63Original priceOriginal price $3.63 - Original price $3.63Original price$3.63 - $3.63Current price $3.63| /A fantastic worm pattern for fishing high dirty water or slightly off-colored. A durable finish makes this a bomb-proof point fly to bounce off th...
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Point Drake Tungsten - RIO (Barbless)
$3.20Original priceOriginal price $3.20 - Original price $3.20Original price$3.20 - $3.20Current price $3.20| /When screening riffles to see what nymphs are present, we've noticed how Green Drakes tend to look like "baetis in a snow suit", like the kid from ...
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Prince Nymph - Tungsten
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /The legendary Prince, presented here with the benefits of the Tungsten Beadhead. Everyone's favorite nymph and not just for trout. Iridescent peac...
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Red Light Jig - Tungsten (Barbless)
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /Developed at Big Y by Matt Duce. Jiggy version of the poular Red Light Leech. Fishes well Euro-style or retrieved streamer-style. La...
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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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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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Sheep Creek Special - Tungsten - Montana Fly Co
$2.99Original priceOriginal price $2.99 - Original price $3.25Original price$2.99 - $3.25Current price $2.99| /The wicked effective tungsten jig version of a classic This pattern crushes everywhere, lakes, streams, rivers A great all around attractor
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Squirmy Worm - Tungsten - RIO
$3.20Original priceOriginal price $3.20 - Original price $3.20Original price$3.20 - $3.20Current price $3.20| /Soft, rubbery, wiggly, and bright worm pattern that fish find hard to resist. Tungsten Bead to help sink fly faster
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Stone Jig - Tungsten
$1.59Original priceOriginal price $1.59 - Original price $1.59Original price$1.59 - $1.59Current price $1.59| /The Stone Jig is designed with euro nymphing in mind, however, it is a go to in all forms of nymphs. Jigged style flies are excellent for fishing ...
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TJ Hooker (Tungsten) - Montana Fly Co
$3.25Original priceOriginal price $3.25 - Original price $3.25Original price$3.25 - $3.25Current price $3.25| /The single most requested pattern that we didn't have Tungsten jig gets down now and doesn't hang on the rocks Imitates a stonefly or October cadd...
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Tungstone--Tungsten
$1.22Original priceOriginal price $1.22 - Original price $1.22Original price$1.22 - $1.22Current price $1.22| /Great looking stone pattern with a lot going on. Flashback, yellow goose biots, hare's ear dubbing, and a tungsten bead. Fish this pattern during ...
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Walt Worm - Tungsten
$1.32Original priceOriginal price $1.32 - Original price $1.32Original price$1.32 - $1.32Current price $1.32| /Jig nymphs are becoming more and more popular in the fly fishing community. Now with slotted tungsten bead Extremely popular nymph in the PA ar...
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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