Looking for the dry fly to solve a frustrating hatch? Or are you in need of a solid early winter season midge pattern. This is the fly you need! A low riding, flashy bug that doesn’t exactly imitate anything, but seems to work for everything.
Due to the success of our purple drank guide fly, we expanded into a couple different colors this past season on an experimental basis. Look for this fly, the olive drank, to be another all season long fly!
It is so new, we don’t even have a photo of it yet!
The front end loader in tan is our GO TO caddis pattern in the springtime. It also doubles as a terrestrial and a small, subtle fly to tie emerger or light beads heads below.
Shiny, leggy, hot spot scud. Scuds are the most important food source for trout in the Driftless. Never leave home without them!
Useful year round. Fish it swung in the riffles, as a dropper below a grasshopper, even behind a heavy bead head rolling along the bottom. The movement of the soft hackle collar makes this fly irresistible to trout.
A must have for any Driftless fly box.
Craneflies can be one of the most important hatches from spring through fall in the Driftless. Our craneflies are tiny, 16-18 and hatch sporadically all throughout the day regardless of weather conditions.
When fishing craneflies, remember to move, twitch, skitter them constantly. Fish pick up on the moving fly much more than a dead drift!
One of the most effective leech patterns since the shop opened, it is the perfect imitation to fish all year long. Leeches in smaller sizes can be especially deadly in the winter time here in the Driftless.
While black is the most popular color, the wine color in the calendar is a guide favorite!
This little foam pattern has been incredible for so many hatches. Winter stones, caddis, blue winged olives, even craneflies (skitter this across the surface!)
This is one of those weird patterns that just called to us as guides. The shine of peacock, low riding profile, a splash of color, and a high vis wing. It works all year long!
The hippie stomper has been one of the top producing “edible indicators” flies for us for a very, very long time. It works as a beetle or hopper on its own, and in the larger sizes, it is one of the best flies for a dry/dropper rig.
