Umpqua Flies

Sowbugs are an important food source in many fisheries, especially tailwaters, below big dams. Trout can become ultra-picky when it comes to their ...

The Tailwater Sow Bug is a staple on many western tailwaters. A few of my home waters are teeming with sows, so I ’m always chasing a better sow bu...

Sowbugs are an important food source in many fisheries, especially tailwaters, below big dams. Trout can become ultra-picky when it comes to their ...

This simple little foam pattern will work as everything from a Cicada to a Hopper, Stonefly, Hellgramite or even a Cricket. It is a tasty piece of ...

A must have summer steelhead pattern. A small fly that is extremely webby and creates a ton of motion. Fish on a dry line, just under the surface. ...

The Wiggle Minnow will make fish go crazy with it's diving, wiggling motion. Retrieve with a long, slow strip or cast it down and across in current...

"The Tungsten Dart is a design combining the best parts of a couple of old favorite fly patterns and applying current materials. The result is a fi...

This represents a drowned ant, one of the more common occurrences along rivers. Tungsten bead helps it get down.

The Surveyor was added to my arsenal shortly after I realized how deadly the Rainbow Warrior is. Basically, I started playing around with patterns ...

  "The Twisted Caddis was my second addition to my Twisted Series of patterns. The main goal of this series is to create realistic, yet durable fl...

  **Please note, all variations are tied on a size 16 hook "The Twisted Worm is a pattern that I created several years ago and stuffed into a bo...