Dry FlybeginnerSouthwest & California
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Matched on Southwest & California, dry flies, trout. New Mexico/Southwest trout shop lead for Rio Grande, San Juan, Pecos, and high desert water.
Matched on Southwest & California, dry flies, trout. Arizona and Southwest shop lead for desert trout, bass, canal carp, and warmwater patterns.
Matched on dry flies, trout, caddis. Strong technical tying and trout catalog coverage, especially nymphs, dries, and stillwater flies.
Matched on dry flies, trout, egg. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
Matched on dry flies, trout, caddis. Catskill lineage fly shop with deep dry-fly, wet-fly, and Northeast trout relevance.
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McCloud River
CA · Freestone River
Truckee River
CA · Freestone River
Oak Creek
AZ · Canyon Stream
Map unavailable. Locations for Elk Hair Caddis: McCloud River, CA; Truckee River, CA; Oak Creek, AZ
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Southwest & California
14-20
An elk-hair variation fine-tuned for California's legendary Hot Creek. Sparse, low-riding, and designed for the educated trout that have seen every fly in the book.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout
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Southwest & California
12-22
The universal dry fly in its parachute configuration. The white post is visible to anglers while the low-riding body sits in the film where trout expect insects to be.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout
Dry FlyintermediateFind a tier or trusted source
Southwest & California
14-22
George Griffith's cluster midge pattern that imitates a ball of midges in the surface film. When trout sip invisible bugs, this is the answer.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout
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Southwest & California
8-16
Randall Kaufmann's versatile attractor dry fly that suggests stoneflies, caddis, and hoppers. The buoyant body and oversized hackle float it through heavy water where selective fish become aggressive.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Brook Trout
Dry FlyintermediateFind a tier or trusted source
Southwest & California
8-12
A large caddis imitation (Dicosmoecus) for the fall emergence. Size #8-10 in burnt orange — these big bugs bring up fish that have been hiding all summer.
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout
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Rocky Mountain West
#12 - #22
The universal dry fly. Grizzly hackle, white post, dubbed body. If you cannot identify the hatch, tie on an Adams.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout · Mountain Whitefish