Custom Guide Flies for Selective Trout
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Featured Fly Patterns
These are the patterns that are matching the hatch on our streams and spring creeks this month.
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CDC Adult Midge
This pattern is our flagship adult midge we use on tailwaters throughout the cold weather months. The profile, upright wing and color make this a solid choice when fish are up sipping midges on cold, sunny days.
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CDC Biot Dun BWO
The CDC Biot Dun is a productive, classic sailboat profile pattern we like to fish on local streams. The Wing sits high and rides like a natural adult mayfly.
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CDC Biot Emerger BWO
This is our BWO workhorse pattern on spring and fall afternoons. We fish these primarily on rainy and overcast afternoons during the thick of the hatch.
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CDC Cripple BWO
The CDC Cripple BWO is a fantastic fall/spring pattern that fishes well when trout become selective—when they're focused on knockdowns and insects stuck in the surface tension.
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CDC Dime Midge
The CDC Dime Midge is an adult pattern we fish from early November through the end of March. It's a fantastic high-vis option for winter trout up feeding through the heat of the day.
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Glassy Micro Pupa
The Glassy Micro Pupa is a small subsurface pattern we like to fish throughout the year. It's great as a dropper under a larger dry or dead drifted under an indicator.
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Hanging Indicator Midge
The hanging indicator midge is a pattern we developed for aging eyes. It's has a great profile, a foam indicator and the right amount of flash for such a small pattern.
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Sicario Midge Pupa
A versatile midge pupa pattern we fish religiously in the colder months. It's a fantastic subsurface and emerger for a variety of water types.
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Tungsten Bird's Nest
Probably our best-producing, all-around attractor nymph we use throughout the year. We like to fish these on double nymph rigs and under large hopper and stonefly patterns as droppers.
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Tungsten Halo Pupa
This is our workhorse caddis pupa pattern we fish alongside our other select sub-surface flies. Like the Bird's Nest, it's one of our favorites to fish under an indicator as a lead fly or as a dropper off of a large hopper or stone.
Where We're Fishing this Month
Join us this year as we explore a few of our favorite wild trout streams.
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