Dries

An excellent Trico spinner that works great in the drift. Don’t be afraid to drown it.

The Royal Wulff is one of the oldest and best attractor dry flies in the history of the sport. Never leave home without some.

The stand up fan of deer hair on the comparadun makes it an incomparable pattern for every mayfly hatch. MUST HAVE

The Sprout Baetis became one of the go to patterns several years ago. It represents a shuck draging adult that is easy to see. Now in Baetis, PMD, Trico, and Midge

A very slight bodied mayfly pattern that is best fished on a double dry system behind an attractor mayfly. It’s deadly, but hard to see.

John Barr’s drowned spinner in Trico Black or Red Quill. Heavy thorax gets this fly down to where fish forage on drowned spinners.

This fly is a perfect hatch matcher when fish are beginning to refuse parachutes and traditional adults. Sits low in the water and looks real.

A big nasty dry fly that rocks the riffle water during the gray drake hatch on the Arkansas and Rio Grande.

One of the oldest dry fly patterns around. It’s actually a Midge cluster for use during heavy Midge hatches. It also works well in Trico spinnerfalls and just as a “heave it and leave it” on high lakes. Gotta have it.

The Resting Caddis is a pretty simple name that directly correlates to its profile on the water. Designed for slicker water when fish are being a bit more picky on presentation and profile. This is an excellent pattern to start stocking your box with. Wit

“Most low riding mayfly patterns are pretty high maintenance, not very durable, and hard to see. This fly solves all these problems. I’ve created a mostly synthetic mayfly that floats like a cork, is really tough, and has easy-to-see wings. This fly’s bod

The Found Link is Kelly’s version of Mike Mercer’s Missing Link