How To

The Holy Grail Caddis is the caddis Pupa you’ve been searching for. It is insanely simple to tie yet incredibly effective. Vary the colors of the dubbing and the bead to match the hatch.

Is it a mayfly, a midge, or just an attractor pattern? Who cares what the fish think it is? The Higa’s SOS can do it. It’s a wicked sweet quick-to-tie fly that catches fish.

A super simple tie and one that produces fish just about everywhere you take it, the Mop Fly is an essential pattern whether you’re after trout or panfish. A great searching pattern and an even better cranefly larva imitation, the Mop Fly combines just the right amount of movement with just enough flash.

Floating in the film with a buggy profile from below, the Parachute Adams is a must-have. A spin on Leonard Halladay’s classic Adams Dry Fly, the Parachute Adams is a super effective parachute pattern whether you’re fishing a tiny blue line or a large river. An excellent choice for searching water or when looking to match a grey mayfly like the slate drake, the Adams Parachute is as versatile as they come.

Designed by Pat Dorsey, the Top Secret Midge is an excellent pattern for imitating midge pupa and adults. Super easy to tie and quick to adapt to a range of colors, this pattern should be in your box every day of the year. Whether it’s a hatch of tan midges, brown, midges, or black midges, the Top Secret Midge can match them all.

Designed by George Griffith, the Griffith’s Gnat is an easy fly to tie and is one of the best patterns to imitate a cluster of midges. Midges are a ubiquitous insect, and a hatch can occur almost any month of the year, which is why this is a pattern that you should always have on hand.

Bringing extra flash to the standard Wooly Bugger, the Krystal Bugger is super effective and simple to tie. A great choice whether you’re chasing river smallmouth, steelhead, browns, or even carp, the Krystal Bugger can adapt to a range of environments with ease. A year-round pattern, this is a fly that’s worth having in a few different colors.

Olives, sulphurs, cahills, march browns…the list goes on for what the Rusty Spinner can imitate. An easy fly to whip up, this pattern is one you should carry in a range of sizes from spring through fall to match any spinner fall that comes your way. A slim profile and buoyant wings allow this fly to rest right in the film and fool those trout sipping spinners all day long.

Shrimp flies are effective for various fish, including bonefish, weakfish, snook, striped bass, or almost any other saltwater species. Bob’s Ultra Shrimp can be tied in a range of color configurations and is an excellent choice for matching these crustaceans. With a tough UV resin body, this fly can also hold its own no matter where you’re fishing or what you’re targeting.

An excellent pattern for matching caddis, terrestrial insects, Yellow Sallies, and other light-bodied adult stoneflies, the Stimulator can be used as an exact imitation or an effective attractor pattern. No matter how you fish the Stimulator, it is a pattern worth carrying in a few sizes all season long.