Mayfly Emergers/Cripples

Excellent pattern when fish are on the surface but not hitting the duns. Trailing shuck makes this a great pattern to cast upstream, and allow to...

This pattern is deadly when fish are keying on emergers. The emerging stage is when insects are the most vulnerable, and big fat fish slurp them u...

This pattern is deadly when fish are keying on emergers. The emerging stage is when insects are the most vulnerable, and big fat fish slurp them up.

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...

Flymphs have been around longer than most fly fishers realize. First coined by Pete Hidy in 1941, it is simply a floating nymph.  With today's cla...

The Pale Morning Dun (PMD) hatch goes on and on and on, be ready as the fish become wary of the fishing pressure and often only select the cripple...

Lets face it fish like shiny stuff, it is often what attracts them in the first place. Pheasant Tail UV contains UV dubbing in the thorax that he...

Quite simply one of THE great hatches. Many, many anglers rely on this hatch to provide them with the bulk of their warm weather fish. Begins as e...

Blue Winged Olives are the most important food source for trout. BWOs hatch from early fall through late spring and provide many trout with the bu...

The WD-40 is responsible for catching millions of fish throughout the US and beyond. This small midge pattern has been found to be quite effectiv...