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Seasonal Fly Selection - Blue River

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  • Top Secret Midge - The Blue Quill Angler
    Top Secret Midge - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Top Secret Midge

    $2.50

    Much of the Top Secret Midge success is a result of combining a two-tone thread body (brown and white) with an emerging wing made from Glamour Made...

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  • Parachute Adams - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Parachute Adams

    $2.95

    The Parachute Adams is perhaps the most important and versatile of all dry flies. It is a must have dry fly in a variety of sizes for fish all over...

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  • Juju Baetis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Juju Baetis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Juju Baetis

    $3.25

    A great Blue Wing Olive nymph that works well on just about all of our Colorado waters and any where else in the West we have fished it.

  • Manhattan Midge - The Blue Quill Angler
    Manhattan Midge - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Manhattan Midge

    $2.95

    The Manhattan Midge is a souped-up hybrid of the Top Secret Midge, Mercury Black Beauty, and Mercury Blood Midge that incorporates the best attribu...

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  • Darth Baetis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Darth Baetis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Darth Baetis

    $3.25

    This Greg Garcia Baetis imitation is designed to fool the pickiest trout. "I used to take a lot of throat samples from fish and I would notice that...

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  • Top Secret Baetis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Top Secret Baetis

    $2.85

    The Top Secret Baetis is a simple, yet effective imposter of a tiny mayfly nymph. Trout eat Baetis nymphs year-round regardless of the conditions. ...

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  • Dorsey's Mercury Midge - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Dorsey's Mercury Midge

    $2.25

    This is Pat's go to fly on the South Platte river, especially in Cheesman Canyon. This little gem works really well. A must have for the South Plat...

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  • Elk Hair Caddis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Elk Hair Caddis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Elk Hair Caddis

    $2.50

    Unlike mayflies, adult caddis are not especially vulnerable to trout when they first hatch. However, they are long-lived (compared to mayflies), an...

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  • Dorseys Mercury Black Beauty - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Dorseys Mercury Black Beauty

    $2.50

    The perfect winter midge. The mercury glass bead simulates the gas bubble that the emerging midge uses to rise to the surface. "The original Black ...

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  • Buckskin - The Blue Quill Angler
    Solitude Fly

    Buckskin

    $2.25

    Look, down in the water, it's a midge! No, it's a caddis! No, its a buckskin! The perfect imitation for all those little wiggly bugs that trout love.

  • Dorsey's Mercury Baetis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Dorsey's Mercury Baetis

    $2.50

    The ultimate Beatis nymph. The mercury bead simulates the gas bubble that the natural nymph uses to rise to the surface. "The Mercury Baetis fishes...

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  • Rainbow Warrior - The Blue Quill Angler
    Rainbow Warrior - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Rainbow Warrior

    $2.50

    A great pattern that will work most of the year. This is a go-to pattern for our guides spring, summer and fall. Keep em' soaking.

  • Hi - Vis Parachute Adams - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Hi-Vis Parachute Adams

    $3.25

    One of the most versatile and effective dry fly patterns available and usually the answer of the often-asked question “if you could only fish one d...

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  • Mercury Sh Pheasant Tail - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Mercury Sh Pheasant Tail

    $3.95

    The Soft Hackle Mercury Pheasant Tail is a nifty little soft hackle that mimics emerging mayflies during the height of a hatch. The soft hackle (p...

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  • Hot Wing Elk Hair Caddis - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Hot Wing Elk Hair Caddis

    $2.95

    The classic Elk Hair Caddis but with an added strip of bright orange to help you see the fly in harsh conditions, we think the fish like it too! Th...

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  • Mole Fly - The Blue Quill Angler
    Mole Fly - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Mole Fly

    $2.95

    Simple, expendable, effective. These three words describe my Mole Fly to a T. Without a doubt the most dependable fly in my arsenal, the Mole is th...

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  • Rojo Midge - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Rojo Midge

    $2.85

    The Rojo Midge was designed for the tough classroom of Cheesman Canyon. Greg Garcia wanted something different from the ubiquitous Black Beauty mid...

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  • Jig Buckskin - The Blue Quill Angler
    Umpqua

    Jig Buckskin

    $3.25

    "The original Buckskin is an oldie but a goodie for those who fish the South Platte. The Buckskin Jig is an update to features of the the tradition...

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