Umpqua Flies

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 Rainbow Warrior is one of the best selling patterns to arise in the past decade. The addition of the tungsten bead makes this thing double dead...

The 409 will clean up any messy pool, riffle or tailout. Clean as could be. It looks like a little bit of everything. A hopper, a golden stone, a j...

"The original Rainbow Warrior has proven to be a consistently productive fly on tailwaters, freestone rivers, and stillwater. What could possibly b...

The Rainbow Warrior is one of the best selling patterns to arise in the past decade. This version is extra heavy. Use it as an anchor fly on a Euro...

"The Tungsten Rainbow Warrior has been a consistent producer both as a dropper below a dry and on nymph rigs. Add the density and durability of a p...

"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...

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...

"A jigged version of one of the most productive Euro style nymphs that has ever existed. The jigged hook allows for more snag-free drifts and bette...

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...

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...

This mini mop fly has the right shape and size to imitate a caddis. It works extremely well. Bigger versions of this fly can be a bit too big to re...

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

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...

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

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...

Designed by Lance Egan who says:  "I believe I know you're thinking "this is just a sailor ant". Please know that I realize I'm not the originator ...

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...

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

"The Rainbow Warrior was my first commercially available fly pattern. Its origins are a little sketchy. I’d love to tell you a fancy design story, ...

 "The Rainbow Warrior was my first commercially available fly pattern. Its origins are a little sketchy. I’d love to tell you a fancy design story,...

The Antifreeze Caddis was designed to create a realistic, durable, and fairly heavy fly. I took the body designed from my stunted sally and applied...

"Most modern crayfish patterns focus primarily on a single attribute: Realism. While indeed a valuable component, I find that many realistic flies ...

We dream of fishing those big, thick PMD hatches. This pattern will ensure that you catch those big trout even before they start eating dry flies. ...

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...

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 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 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...

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 Silver Bullet Baetis is a sleek, fast sinking pattern perfect for hanging below a bushy dry, or on a nymph rig. This simple fly is durable, ...

Designed by Charlie Craven: "The Poison Tung Midge was conceived one winter after reading about the power the color blue has over unsuspecting trou...

A simple Euro-style jigged fly that hits all of the right buttons. Thin body, good colors, the right proportions, this fly may not have a fancy nam...

Featured an epoxy coated body for a realistic sheen and rides a tad lower in the river, cause ants don't swim that well.

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

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 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...

"I developed the SweetMeat Caddis to be a durable pattern that sinks fast, has enough color pop and great movement from the CDC. Originally this ...

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

"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...