Flies

"I spent several summers testing various grasshopper imitations in search of fly design traits that influence catch rate. What I found were some de...

"The Rocksteady Stone was born out of necessity and developed over years of trial and error on the technical waters of the Truckee and Little Truck...

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...

I took some time developing this fly. I see the basic weakness in a lot of fly design stemming from the creator thinking they know what the natural...

I’ve been using this pattern for 10 years or more. On the Deschutes we have a hatch of green drakes that hatch on the fastest rapids you can find, ...

"This pattern is the result of many years of tinkering and refining in search of a reliable chironomid pattern, suitable for suspending under an in...