Flies

"The natural midge actually has an exoskeleton that is shiny so I coat the fly in UV resin bone dry. Though it's a simple fly there is a lot going ...

Probably one of the most fun sight fishing flies ever. Best suited as the anchor/point fly on a nymphing rig or, fished as a dropped on a buoyant f...

"We came up with the X Caddis thirty-five plus fishing seasons ago. Like many of our fly patterns, this one was created to fool the larger resident...

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, ...

"I have a vivid memory of when I first witnessed, at age 14, a brown trout leap out of the water and snag an electric blue adult damsel out of the ...

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...

Call it what you wanna call it, this fly is a freakin fishaholic. Seriously though, this pattern crushes in rivers, lakes and ponds. Has been known...

"Riding on the coattails of the incredibly effective Two Bit Series, allow me to introduce you to Craven’s Problem Child. The PC takes the double t...

Dirty and heavy!!!!! A great summer pattern when the caddis are moving!!!

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...

The Poison Tung Midge was conceived one winter after reading about the power the color blue has over unsuspecting trout. I tried a variety of diffe...

"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...

"An idea hit me one night at 2 am while lying in bed, what if I used a jig bomb and found a way to make it round? I immediately got up, went to my ...

When damsel nymphs actively migrate to the shallows their active swimming motion poses a problem for fly designers: The damsel's head remains stati...

"The McFly Crab is a simple pattern that can be easily modified on the water and fished effectively anywhere. I like the Ultra Micro Chenille legs ...

"Just like the Cajun etouffee dish, this is a big, tasty meal. This is a pattern where I’ve really tried to blur the line between realism and fisha...