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.

An awesome PMD pattern! Great on freestones like the Colorado and tailwaters like the South Platte! Perfect as the dropper on a dry-dropper rig. 

Take this ant pattern to your next stillwater adventure and don't be surprised if it gets chewed up, it sure is tasty! It works great in the rivers...

Hare's Ear

A quill bodied perdigon with holo-tinsel for the hot spot. What could be better? Resined and varnished for superior durability. This version is on ...

Juan's Kryptonite Caddis will get the attention of those hungry trout when the Caddis are hatching.

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...

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...

"The Mighty Midge came about with the need for a fly that had a realistic profile and size but also had a small pop of color. I needed this fly to...

Stripped peacock quills make perfect segmented bodies which imitate the natural color patterns on mayflies. The only issue is that they are fragile...

Adult midges emerge by pulling themselves out of their pupal shuck and breaking through the surface film. As they emerge, the adult midge appears t...

Created by Joe Shafer, this Caddis pattern is a great sub-surface imitation.

A smaller version of the chubby chernoble, but now on a hook with a larger gap for better hooking ability. The Stubby T hook this fly is tied on ha...

If you're headed to a Mysis tailwater, make sure you have a couple of these with you. Super realistic extended body with a red hemoglobin trigger s...

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. ...

RS-2 Emerger

The 2015 World Fly Fishing Championships was a special competition for me and Fly Fishing Team USA. That year we won a team silver medal, and I won...