Dry Flies

Dry flies ride on top of the water to mimic adult insects and create thrilling topwater strikes. From classic Adams to bushy Stimulators, these patterns are essential for enticing trout and other surface-feeding fish.

3D (Double Dirty Duster)

Bob Wyatt's 3D Double Dirty Duster pairs a spun hare's mask body with a mottled 'dirty' badger hackle to suggest a caddis or mayfly riding the surface. A tying-thread rib segments the body while the…

AC Pink Bug

Alice Conba's AC Pink Bug swaps dubbing for a clear Crystalline overbody and pearl Glister thorax, built on a heavy-wire scud hook that lets it double as a caddis or mayfly imitation. Bright pink…

Adams Cripple

The Adams Cripple combines the proven Adams color scheme with a cripple-style design that imitates a mayfly struggling to emerge. The trailing Zelon shuck represents the nymphal case while the…

Adams Fly

The Adams fly is a classic dry fly pattern that effectively imitates a wide range of mayflies and midges. It is known for its versatility and is often used as a 'searching pattern' when no specific…

Adams Irresistible

A buoyant, high-visibility variant of the classic Adams dry fly. It's perfect for choppy water or windy conditions where a traditional Adams might be hard to spot or keep afloat.

Adult Blue Damsel

The Adult Blue Damsel is a semi-realistic yet quick-to-tie pattern that imitates adult blue damselflies. Featuring blue-dyed grizzle hackle for the body and hackle, paired with dun hackle tip wings,…

Ajax

Hans Weilenmann's Ajax pairs a brick Wapsi Crawdub body ribbed in gold oval tinsel with a dark claret underwing and black-dyed arctic fox wing, finished with a scarlet Whiting collar. The dense wing…

Al's Trico

Al's Trico is one of the most effective Trico patterns ever developed, created by Al Miller of Pennsylvania. Despite being tied in incredibly small sizes down to #24, this pattern remains relatively…

Ally Finn

Hans Weilenmann ties the Ally Finn on a Tiemco 777SP with a peach Crystal Meth braid body and a looped Wapsi Crawdub softshell yolk sac, then sets sparse grey Llama Mix and bronze mallard barbs as an…

Almost There Baetis

The Almost There Baetis is a minimalist emerger pattern designed to imitate a Blue-Winged Olive mayfly in the final stages of emergence. The sparse profile with EP Trigger Point fibers represents the…

Amber Iris Caddis

The Amber Iris Caddis is a cripple-style caddis pattern that imitates an adult caddis emerging from its pupal shuck. The Iris Zelon dubbing body creates a translucent amber appearance while the white…

Amber X2 Caddis

The Amber X2 Caddis is an amber-colored variation of Craig Mathews' X2 Caddis that combines deer hair and synthetic materials for exceptional floatation and visibility. The Iris Zelon dubbing body…

Amy's Ant

Amy's Ant is a versatile terrestrial pattern that does an excellent job imitating a variety of land insects that find their way into the water. It was designed to be buoyant and durable, making it…

Antonio's Mayfly Adult

Antonio's Mayfly Adult is a sparse, low-riding dry built almost entirely from CDC. A dubbed CDC abdomen ribbed with fine copper wire gives it segmentation, Coq de Leon fibers splay as tails, and a…

Ausable Cripple

The Ausable Cripple is a classic mayfly emerger pattern originally developed for the Ausable River in the Adirondacks. Its distinctive rusty orange body and fluorescent fire orange thread create a…

Ausable Wulff

The Ausable Wulff is a classic American attractor dry fly pattern that originated on the legendary Ausable River in New York's Adirondack Mountains. This Wulff-style pattern combines the buoyant…

Autumn Dun Variant

This variant combines a dun-dyed grizzly tail and a pine squirrel underfur body under a natural CDC wing, with pine squirrel guard hair twisted into a split-thread hackle for a shaggy collar. The…

Baby Boy Cricket

The Baby Boy Cricket is a fun, productive pattern that targets fish feeding on terrestrial insects. It floats high on the water, making it highly visible and enticing to fish. Its realistic cricket…

Baby Boy Hopper

The Baby Boy Hopper is Charlie Craven's downsized version of his popular Charlie Boy Hopper pattern. Designed for situations when trout are keyed in on smaller grasshoppers or when fishing pressured…

Baetis Cripple Black Wing

The Baetis Cripple Black Wing is a specialized emerger pattern designed to imitate Blue-Winged Olive mayflies during emergence. The distinctive black EP fiber wing creates a high-visibility profile…

Bakko's Phat Azz Hopper

Bakko's Phat Azz Hopper is a highly realistic grasshopper pattern designed by Colorado guide Kyle Bakko specifically for float fishing with dry/dropper rigs. This innovative foam hopper features a…

Barr's Vis-A-Dun

Versatile and effective dry fly pattern imitates a wide range of mayfly species. Designed by John Barr to sit low in the water, making it a convincing silhouette from a trout's view. The pattern's…

Barr's Visadun

Barr's Visadun is John Barr's innovative take on the classic thorax-style dry fly. This pattern combines easy visibility for the angler with a natural, low-riding silhouette that trout find…

BDE Mayfly

The BDE Mayfly is a highly effective pattern that imitates the adult stage of a mayfly. Its design makes it a great choice for trout in moving or still waters, especially during a hatch.

Bee Sting

Hans Weilenmann builds the Bee Sting on a pale olive SLF Finesse body under a doubled pheasant hen-slip wing and soft Coq de Leon hen hackle, with fluorescent yellow Lady Amherst tippet fibers…

Bibio Marci

Hans Weilenmann's Bibio Marci sets a hot orange and black seal's fur thorax against a black seal's fur abdomen, capped with a black foam thorax cover and knotted magpie-leg fibers for movement. A…

Bighorn CDC X Caddis

The Bighorn CDC X Caddis is an effective caddis imitation that floats well and is highly visible on the water. It's dubbed body imitates the natural silhouette of the caddis pupa, while the CDC wing…

Biot Parachute

A favorite among dry fly enthusiasts, the Biot Parachute is a classic pattern that imitates various mayfly species. The biot body provides a realistic segmented look, and the parachute hackle allows…

Bivisible

The Bivisible is a classic dry fly that uses color contrast to create visibility for both the angler and fish. It's effective in various conditions and is a great searching pattern when fish aren't…

Black Pennell

H. Cholmondely-Pennell's Black Pennell strips the body down to black tying thread ribbed with silver wire, finished with a sparse natural black hen hackle and a hot orange tippet tail for contrast.…

Black X Caddis

The Black X Caddis is a dark variation of the classic X Caddis pattern designed to imitate black caddis species, particularly Glossosoma (saddle-case makers). Its sparse deer hair wing and slim Zelon…

Bloody Bibio

Hans Weilenmann's Bloody Bibio combines a black-and-red seal's fur body, palmered with a black cock saddle hackle, and knotted magpie-barb legs for movement, finished with a scarlet Whiting feather…

Bloody Snail

Hans Weilenmann twists black-dyed marabou barbs with a strip of red plastic salvaged from a tomato produce bag into a segmented cord body, finished with a natural black hen saddle hackle. The narrow…

Bloody Squirrel

Hans Weilenmann's Bloody Squirrel uses a chestnut-dyed pine squirrel body spun into split thread over a longshank size 10 hook, finished with a scarlet hackle-flue tail for contrast. The shaggy…

Bloom Caddis

The Bloom Caddis is a dry fly pattern that effectively represents adult caddisflies. This fly floats high and is easy to see, making it a favorite for fishing in fast moving water where caddisflies…

Bog Fly Variant

A traditional wet fly built for a team on loch or river, not tied to any single natural. Black ostrich herl and red flash twist into a segmented body, with a magpie wing and red hen collar giving…

Boy Wonder Hopper

The Boy Wonder Hopper is Charlie Craven's refined foam hopper pattern that combines proven fish-catching design with modern materials. This pattern features a tan foam body with a striking pink deer…

BPS Spent Caddis

The BPS Spent Caddis is a versatile fly designed to imitate a spent caddisfly, a stage when the insect is extremely vulnerable and thus, a prime target for feeding fish. This pattern is a favorite…

Brahma Ruffian

Hans Weilenmann's Brahma Ruffian builds an all-olive dressing from Whiting Brahma hen saddle hackle, tail, and after-shaft thorax feather over a dyed squirrel abdomen, giving the small size 15 fly a…

Buddug

Hans Weilenmann's Buddug wraps a flat silver Mylar body with a fine silver wire rib for a bright, glinting underbody, topped with a sparse bronze mallard wing over a Glo-Brite underwing and a black…

Bugmeister

The Bugmeister is a versatile and effective attractor pattern. Its flashy and buggy appearance, along with its movement in the water, attract fish from a distance. It's particularly effective in…

Bumblebee Fly

The Bumblebee Fly is a terrestrial pattern designed to imitate various species of bees. Built with durable floating foam, it rides high on the surface and makes an excellent choice for dry-dropper…

Bunny Dun

The Bunny Dun is a versatile dry fly pattern that imitates a variety of mayflies and is effective year-round. The rabbit fur adds a realistic touch to the fly and aids in floatation.

Buzz

Hans Weilenmann's Buzz palmers a dirty badger saddle hackle the length of the body and again at the collar, framing a fox squirrel or hare's ear thorax and a dark pardo Coq de Leon wing. The doubled…

BWO Parachute

The BWO Parachute is a classic dry fly pattern that's designed to sit flush on the water, emulating a mayfly at rest. Because of its parachute design, it's easy to spot in rough waters and it's…

BWO Thorax

The BWO Thorax is a classic dry fly pattern that's been fooling trout for decades. This fly is designed to imitate a Blue Wing Olive mayfly, which are prolific in many rivers and streams.

C-13 (Cicada-13)

Hans Weilenmann's C-13 pairs an olive fox squirrel and peacock SLF abdomen with a delta-shaped silver Z-lon wing and a dyed-olive deer hair collar for flotation. A short opal Krystal Flash tail adds…

Casual Dress Variant

Polly Rossborough's Casual Dress, tied here as a variant by Hans Weilenmann, spins muskrat fur through split thread for the tail, body, and collar, capped with a black wool head also finished in…