Umpqua Flies

The Strong Arm Merkin is one of the newer must-have crab patterns for permit and triggerfish This is on every list of flies that you will need fo...

Drew Chicone's Contraband Crab has a cult-like following with hardcore saltwater anglers.   The secret sauce is in the materials.  Scrubbing pads...

"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...

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...

From Umpqua: We've got a fun section of the Missouri River about an hour away where we do quite a bit of carp fishing in the summertime. Unfortunat...

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 ...

Leeches are an important part of a trout's diet, especially in high water conditions. Similar to worms, leeches are swept off the rivers edge and b...

"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...

"Giddy-up! The Hipster Dufus was designed to be a versatile bug that you can dap, flip, drag it, drop it, or bomb it on fish. With barred wood duck...

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 ...

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

Designed By Nick Adler Nicks Fat Caddass was developed as a heavy fly with little to no resistance in the water, meaning this fly will drop in dept...

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...

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...

The GTi Caddis is more imitative than most of my patterns. It represents a hydropsychidae larvae, commonly called "net builder" Caddis. Though a bi...

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,...

"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...

The Jumbo Juju came into being once I realized the standard Jujubee technique would lend itself just as well to a larger Chironomid pattern. With o...

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...

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...

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