The Tan San Juan Worm should be a staple in your fly box and tan worms are becoming more and more popular due to their more subtle appearance and ability to fool trout. Try a Tan San Juan Worm the next time you fish a worm fly.
A popular and effective attrractor nymph pattern, the Silver Pink Wired Bead Head Copper John has taken the fly fishing world by storm. This fly sinks quickly and can be used as a deep nymph or a dropper - fish seem unable to resist the combination of color, flash, and realistic shape. It is best fished where stoneflies and mayflies are found but will work in nearly any situation including Steelhead nymphing and even on lakes.
The basis for the Natural Bead Head Brassie was found years ago some wise or lucky flyfisher that discovered a little wire wrapped around a hook would catch fish. The addition of a buggy looking head has made this one of the most successful nymphs ever. The brassie is a useful attractor or midge larva in most places where trout and grayling are found.
The Yellow Tripple Decker Hopper Fly is durable and buoyant. It became a popular entrant in one-fly competitions due to its ability to float and hold together and still catch fish after fish. It is a great fly to use when large trout seem eager to chase large prey. Several colors allow the angler to match thier fly to the natural insects in the area or simply choose and fish their favorite.
The Peacock Double Midge is a great mating or cluster midge pattern. This fly should be fished from the middle to the end of the hatch when fish are seen rising aggressively. Fly fishers in midge rich streams will learn that trout often ignore single midge patterns in favor of this fly.
Black Foam Cricket Flies are proven fish catchers although nobody ever seems to see them fall into the water. This fly floats well and shows the fish a realistic silhouette.
The Silver-Red Bi-Colored Brassie has a segmented look given by alternating wire colors and a slimmer dubbed head has made this fly even more realistic and fishy than its popular predecessor. Use this fly wherever midges are an important food item. Aggressive trout seem to prefer this heavier flashier fly to many other midge imitations.
The Marabou is a great addition to any fly box. Our Blue Moon Marabou Fly is no exception. The marabou moves and pulsates giving this pattern a life like appearance that drives salmon and other species crazy.
The addition of a parachute hackle and white post has taken the popular Madam X to new levels of fly fishing popularity with the Yellow Parachute Madam X. The PMX, as it's known, is a must have in any trout fishing fly box. It may work for a hopper, a stonefly, a caddis fly, or an attractor fly but whatever the reason the fish come up with, it just seems to work. Fly fishing guides all over the world are making this their go to fishing fly.
As Gary LaFontaine noted years ago in his well known book Caddis Flies, the caddis is a mainstay in the majority of rivers and streams we fish and the Olive Crystal Flash Caddis is a new adult caddis pattern which incorporates not only the latest techniques but materials on an age old theme. Blending the iridescence of peacock along with the sparkle of Crystal Flash in a manner which will ride the fly well on any current the Olive Crystal Flash Caddis is a must pattern when your working caddis over feeding fish.
This is a unique variation of the peeking caddis pattern. The bold colors of the Reverse Yellow Peeking Caddis Pupa Fly work great for an attractor pattern. The soft hackle on this fly adds a lifelike profile and makes this pattern very effective when there are caddis around.
The Extended Body Yellow Sally was designed by RiverBum's own Jake Ricks to imitate this important, yet under-appreciated member of the Stonefly family. The Extended Body Yellow Sally Stonefly presents a more realistic slim and low profile to imitate this important trout food item, which is the only stonefly that hatches midstream.
The Tan Flashback Caddis Pupa is a Caddis pupal pattern designed to imitate the deep pupal stage of the caddis, with an impressionistic representation of the translucent air sac surrounding the insects body. The tan shade best represents the Hydropsyche Caddis species found most commonly in most Western waters. As Gary LaFontaine noted in his book Caddis Flies having a good deep pupal pattern to fish as along the bottom just before an evening caddis hatch can be the key to moving fish before they transition to the hatching insect. The Tan Flashback Caddis Pupa would be just such a pattern to have in your Caddis fly assortment.
Marabou is a great addition to any fly. Our Violet Marabou Fly is no exception. The marabou moves and pulsates giving this pattern a life like appearance that drives salmon and other species crazy.
The Bead Head Worm Brown San Juan Worm is an effective pattern that will imitate annelids, aquatic worms, earthworms and more. This realistic natural color will simply catch fish. Anglers are finding San Juan Worms to be effective all year long in all types of water and will catch almost any freshwater fish.
Many fly fishermen know that the worst part of fishing a spinner fall can be determining which dot on the water is your fly. The Green Drake Foam Spinner is actually visible to the angler while providing the fish with nothing but a realistic spent mayfly silhouette.
The Blood Midge Fly like many other species of midge species exhibits a red coloration in their larval stage. This fly is useful in both river and lake environments since midges are usually the most prolific insects available to trout. This fly can be fished in its larger sizes where chironomids are found or in any stream where midges are an important trout food. It excels in some of the larger tailwaters of the West like the Green, San Juan, and Big Horn.
The Blue Winged Olive of all the species and sub-species of Baetidae are one of the most varied and common insects in American waters. We took the traditional pattern and improved upon it creating a pattern that floats high on the waters meniscus. This dry fly pattern is a simple must-have in the box in all sizes, as your chances of encountering this bug are almost guaranteed if you fish for trout frequently.
A rubberized version of the popular Tequeely fly, the Takilya Cone Head Rubber Bugger is a proven fish catcher. The bright yellows and oranges in this fly's unique rubber body material wiggle all over the place for more strike inducing movement than we've seen in any other fly. Try fishing the Tequila Cone Head Rubber Bugger in the fall for aggressive browns and lake run rainbows.
Is Alpo better the second time around? The fish apparently think so. Big beefy trout wait all year for Salmonflies. These giants of the aquatic insect world create a feeding frenzy that brings out big gluttonous fish, birds and even animals for the feast. The Stone Dog Puke Salmon Fly Trina's is your meal ticket. This is the most realistic salmon fly imitation we've seen. The extended foam body and Thin Skin shell match the shape and appearance of an adult egg laying Salmonfly. The realistic silicon legs add lifelike motion and the synthetic underwing with an elk hair overwing provides a perfect silhouette. We do not recommend that you try it, but feed the Dog Puke Salmon Fly to the fish and hang on.
The high floatation properties of foam has made the Black Foam Ant a favorite fly among terrestrial fishermen. Some fish seem to prefer the realistic segmentation and suggestion of legs provided by this pattern to other ants.
Andy Carlson, a fly fishing guide on the Bitterroot River in Montana originated the Purple Haze fly pattern. It closely resembles a Parachute Adams with a purple body. This has been a very effective pattern in Montana and has become a popular dry fly in general. It is used to match Blue Wing Olives, Mahogany Duns, Green Drakes, and Tricos.
CATCH Fly Fishing's Eric Beebe brings his skill to the vise again bringing innovation and craftsmanship to the fly fishing industry. Catch's Caped Avenger, Baetisis a great all around attractor nymph, mimicking a variety of insects in the water from Mayflies to Caddis, emerging or otherwise.
You can't fish for bonefish or permit without thinking about crabs and shrimp. Both of these fish work the flats eating crustaceans as they move along. Successful anglers start with the right size and color fly. The fly also has to hit the water with a minimum of commotion but still sink quickly. This fly is a must have for any serious salt fisherman.
The Green Sparkle Pupa Emerger Fly is the result of closely observing hatching caddis flies in underwater environments. It is an unconventional but effective fish catcher. The antron case is supposed to imitate the gas bubbles used by hatching flies to propel them to the surface. Whether or not this is accurate trout seem to inhale this fly when caddis are hatching. It can be fished with a dead drift, twitched, or swung. Different colors and sizes allow the angler to match the local caddisflies.
The Green Psycho Prince Caddis Nymph is a great trout and steelhead fly pattern. The Psycho Prince was invented by the fly tying mastermind Mike Mercer and continues to push the envelope for innovative Prince Nymph variations. The Psycho Prince can be tied in several colors, the most popular being purple, yellow, green, and pink
The Chubby Chernobyl is the most known large dry fly world wide. This Olive Chubby Chernobyl has great floatabilty, making it perfect for hanging a dropper underneath. The dubbed body and wing on top are perfect for soaking in floatant. The legs splay out perfectly to give that buggy look we all shoot for when tying up!
This classic saltwater baitfish streamer popularized by Lefty Kreh has caught fish for years and continues to produce all around the world. This Deceiver, Yellow-Green fly is a muti-purpose baitfish pattern that has proven effective on almost any saltwater species. Several colors and sizes should be in every fly box even for those anglers going after some of the more predatory freshwater species.
The Olive Caddis Poopah is also known as the Super Pupa. This fly uses unique materials and an extended profile to imitate the pupal stage of caddis development as well or better than any other fly available. Anglers who have never tried caddis pupae or emergers are missing out on one of the more enjoyable fly fishing experiences.
The Quill Gordon is one of the earliest eastern mayfly hatches in the spring. The flies hatch on the bottom and rise as fully formed adults, working on the surface to dry their wings and fly. The Quill Gordon dry fly has not changed since originated by Theodore Gordon in the Catskills. Skittering the dry fly a bit can improve production as the mayfly often makes multiple attempts to fly before it finally breaks free. The Gordon dry fly is a true classic
The Pearl Rainbow Warrior Glass Bead has become a top selling fly in our retail location and we are proud to offer it here. The thorax of this fly is rainbow dubbing which is a blend of differant colors. We feel some of the reasons this fly is so productive is at least one of the colors will stand out in any fishing condition and the abdomen closely matches a midge pupa. The Rainbow Warrior works in almost any water but is hard to beat when fish are feeding on midges. This pattern works well in waters with sow bugs and will also work for a Mysis shrimp.
Buoyant, visible, and very fishy, the Brown Elk Hair Caddis is one of those fishing flies every angler should have in a variety of sizes and colors. Some fly fishing guides and serious fly fishermen dedicate entire dry fly boxes to this one pattern. This is possibly the best caddis fly pattern for grayling and trout fishing around the world.