The Foam Beetle is a pattern tied mostly from artificial materials made to represent a – well small beetle. The variety in different colours that you can get the beetle in does not really matter as the fish only see a silhouette from the bottom. This fly is fished on…
This Dave’s Hopper pattern is a mid summer to late summer pattern. The Dave’s Hopper pattern is credited to Dave Whitlock who combined elements of the Muddler Minnow and Joe’s Hopper patterns to make his new creation. This fly is designed to ride low in the film and you will…
Yet again, Kelly redefines something and makes it his own….in a really good way! He’s taken a wooly bugger, tweaked some coloration and strategically added some rubber legs. This fly creates a profile and action in the water that a standard bugger doesn’t. We use these on trout of course…
The Bug Eyed Bugger is one of the coolest little streamers to come along in years. It is an articulated fly with the head tied on a short shank and the remainder of the body tied on a stout #2 hook. This thing has a really cool action in the…
The TeQueely streamer is a favorite of many. Trout, largemouth, smallmouth and more. It really produces fish. We started selling this fly during the eighties and continued until we couldn’t get them commercially sometime in the last ten years. They are now available to us again….and we are thrilled. This big…
Hardly a more classic fly than the Wooly Worm and it is offered here in the Chartreuse color. A traditional favorite that can resemble so many things and catch so many fish. Many of us around here grew up fishing this fly and it holds a special place in our…
Bead Head Krystal Bugger here in the color Chartreuse. One of the most popular variations on a Wooly Bugger that there is. These go by many names….Flash-a-Bugger, Crystal Bugger, Sparkle Buggers. No matter what you call them, they catch fish. Gold Bead head wooly buggers tied with a sparkle chenille,…
The parachute style typically floats a bit lower on the water and is often preferred for slower, flat waters. A standard parachute style tie to imitate the ever-popular Sulphurs. No doubt that a parachute is a great floater and many prefer the profile and visibility. The parachute style typically floats…
Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi popularized this style of dry fly in their book “Hatches”. They have remained popular over the years. Al Caucci and Bob Nastasi popularized this style of dry fly in their book “Hatches”. They have remained popular over the years. They float well, are easy to…
The thorax style doesn’t ride quite as high as a Catskill style and not as low as a parachute. This style of dry has always been a favorite of ours, especially on the smaller bugs like Sulphers and BWO’s. Vince Marinaro’s Thorax Style of dry flies has been a favorite…
A basic Yellow Sally/Yellow Stonefly pattern that originated on the Henry’s Fork. Pretty sure this is a Mike Lawson fly, Mr. Henry’s Fork himself A basic Yellow Sally/Yellow Stonefly pattern that originated on the Henry’s Fork. Pretty sure this is a Mike Lawson fly, Mr. Henry’s Fork himself. It is…
he Humpy also comes in other colours like red, orange, black, yellow, lime and chartreuse. It is easy to see, rarely sinks, and trout just can’t seem to get enough of the yellow. The Humpy is one of our favourites for fishing fast flowing rivers due to it’s floating capabilities.…
Use this Hi-vis pattern to imitate the Yellow Drake hatches of Summer or use it as a searching/attractor pattern. Although originally designed to imitate the Potamanthus, we use it for Brown Drakes and Green Drakes as well. The Hi-Vis Yellow Drake comes to us from our good friend Bear Andrews.…
No trout box is complete without a selection of Stimulators! This one here does a nice job of imitating Yellow Sally stoneflies. Randall Kaufmann’s famous Stimulator dry fly. Use as a stonefly, as a hopper, as a large Caddis, for trout for bass, on western freestones, midwestern spring creeks, or…