Umpqua Flies

Designed with selective fish in mind, the 401K Baetis pays dividends for anglers. A high vis wing along with CDC and hackle keep the fly riding low...

A selection of Umpqua's finest Alaskan flies.   These 42 flies will cover all of the bases for your next Alaska trip. Proven patterns that produce...

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...

A great light weight intruder styled pattern that gets into the zone quick. A 2 inch fly that is a great size for fishing pretty much year round. G...

It turns out that steelhead love a copper john about as much as a landlocked rainbow trout, and that is a lot. This larger copper john features a h...

A helpless caddis pupa floating downstream is screaming to get eaten by a hungry trout. This represents the caddis after they crawl from their case...

The Barry's Carp Bitter was designed in hopes of imitating multiple food items on the carp's menu with one fly. This fly effectively imitates small...

The Barry's Carp Fly is a great swimming nymph pattern with a strong enough hook to bring in the largest of carp. Also great for smallies and panfi...

Foam is a wonderful material to design flies with, it is durable, floats extremely well, and is available in a variety of colors. The Better Foam C...

My search for a viable Green Drake pattern took years to develop. Catching the hatch each year to test my latest creations became an obsession. My...

Image above is not the same color as the pattern available.  The Big Eye Tarpon has been around for a long time. It is sparsely tied making it ea...

The Big Fat version of the Angie came about because I find Chubbies to just be plain boring. Plus sizing Angie and adding a double wing makes this ...

A larger leech pattern that works will for just about every species in most freshwater bodies of water. Great for trout, bass, steelhead, etc. Lead...

As the East sweeps away the dead bodies and Cicadaphobes can again brave the outdoors, it is the perfect time, while their endless droning song rem...

Ring the fishes bell with this innovative streamer. Lead eyes let you fish fast water or deeper water all with a floating line but more importantly...

A great pattern when a large midge nymph is needed. Works well for chironmid hatches as well. Designed by Zack ThurmanAbout the tyer:ZACK THURMAN S...

This juicy little Baetis pattern produces fish under the spookiest of circumstances. From Colorado to Maine, baetis nymphs are a huge source of foo...

A quick-sinking Caddis Pupa that imitates an October Caddis extremely well. This fly works well on big trout as well as steelhead. Swing it in the ...

An iconic pattern that was developed for fishing in AK. Now with an bead in front of it for extra attraction. A must have when chasing large trout,...

"The Draggin’ Nymph was designed to mainly target Rio Grande Cichlid and carp in the slower waters of my local creeks and rivers. Although it was i...

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...

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...

A fishy fishy fly. One of the most famous steelhead patterns out there. Ostrich undulates amazingly well underwater. Great for Pacific Northwest St...

The Foam October Caddis Skater was originally designed for trout, but is also effective with steelhead. Cast up stream like you would a dry then al...

Designed By Brain Schmidt  The pattern was developed as a guide fly, easy to whip up a doz in short order. CDC collar for movement to accomplish th...

"The original Micro Mayfly patterns have for years set the standard for small, quick-sinking, lethally effective mayfly nymphs. This new variation ...

The Juju baetis has become THE baetis pattern in the years since its inception. With a perfectly shaped, durable small mayfly profile, the Juju bae...

One of the most infamous baetis patterns in history. This pattern has been one of the top producers of picky fish across North America. Baetis are ...

"The Massicada is exactly what you want out of a cicada pattern. It’s big, floats like a buoy, and anyone can tell what this pattern is imitating.T...

"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...

The neo-classic tarpon fly, developed by Dave Student.  Notoriously productive in the mangroves.  Some would say equally productive in the flats....

The Missing Link is that fly that works even when when the hatch might be not quite as expected. The Missing Link is that fly that links the hatche...

The Missing Link is that fly that works even when when the hatch might be not quite as expected. You may have thought PMDs were going to pop today,...

A few Midwest dealers, smallmouth professionals, have considered this their very best big baitfish fly of all time, especially the Gray/White. Whil...

A few Midwest dealers, smallmouth professionals, have considered this their very best big baitfish fly of all time, especially the Gray/White. Whil...

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

A simple damselfly pattern that gets the job done. When those fish want a damsel, they want it real bad, and there is not much that they will take ...

This fly came about as a necessity for creating a pattern that maintains profile, attractive properties in all water conditions and mayfly hatch si...