Dry Flies

CDC Baetis Dun Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wing Thorax CDC Dun The CDC Dun utilizes Cul-de-canard (CDC) feathers for the wing on this mayfly emerger pattern. The use of the feather has their roots going back to the 1920’s with the Moustique patterns used in the Jura Mountains…

Trico Sprout Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Shuck Wingpost Hackle Brook’s Sprout The Brook’s Sprout was developed by Bob Brooks while Riverkeeper at Hot Creek Ranch, near Mammoth, CA. Bob moved onto Montana and guided for Mike Lawson’s Henry Forks Outfitters where his Sprout emerger patterns gained an additional…

Bivisible Dun, Baetis Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wingpost Hackle Bivisible Dun The Bivisible Dun is a mayfly emerger pattern that was designed by Sierra fly fishing guide Ralph Cutter of Nevada City, CA. Ralph and Lisa Cutter owned California School of Fly Fishing which taught fly fishing for…

CDC Biot Parachute, Adams Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wingpost Hackle Biot Body Parachute Dun The Biot Body Parachute Dun utilizes biots in it’s construction. Biots are the stiff barbs found along the leading edge of a primary flight feather. They are necessary to give birds flight. There…

Paraquill, BWO Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Thorax Tail Wingpost Hackle Quilled Body Parachute Dun Designed by A.K. Best of Boulder, Colorado in the 1980’s. Quilled Body Parachute Duns can represent the emerger stage of the mayfly and will often be effective at the beginning of the hatch and at…

Blue Wing Olive Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Tail Wing Hackle Blue Wing Olive Life Cycle The Blue Wing Olive mayfly might be considered to begin its life cycle on the bottom of the stream or river as a nymph. The nymph will spend 2-3 months within this form…

Blue Wing Olive Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook or Thread Body Tail Wing Hackle Catskill Dries The Catskill Dries are a traditional pattern from the Catskill Region of Upper New York. They are variations of earlier British Chalkstream patterns, particularly those of Frederic Halford. The Catskill Dries represent mayflies with a hackle…

Sparkle Dun, PMD Materials to Order Material, click the link Hook Thread Body Tail Wing Pale Morning Dun The Pale Morning Dun mayfly is a major hatch for our Sierran streams and rivers. They are found heavily within Spring Creeks and tailwaters, preferring stabilized flows and streambeds with rooted vegetation. Often the nymphs tend to…