UMPQUA’S EASTERN FLY PATTERNS: our very best
Dries: (standards and attractors)
1) Parachute Adams 14-20
2) Adams 12-18
3) Harry Murray’s Mr. Rapidan 12-18
4) Harry Murray’s Mr. Rapidan Parachute 14-16
5) Royal Wulff 12-18
6) Madam X 8-10
7) Stimulators
…Yellow 12-16
…Olive 12-18
…Royal 12-16
…Orange 10-16 (especially for customers traveling to the west, where it’s the 2nd best selling
color)
8) ParaWulff by Jack Dennis
…Adams 14-18
…Royal 12-16
Nymphs: (standards and attractors)
1) Copper Johns (the most explosive selling trout fly…ever)
…Copper 12-18
…Red 14-18
…Green 14-18
…Chartreuse 14-18
…Black 12-20
(take a close look at the NEW for 2004 Tungsten Copper Johns on the TMC 2488H. Tied on a
curve, a hook that gives a body that will be one size smaller than listed 16-20, great hooking
power for large fish on a small fly)
2) Gold Bead Prince Nymph 12-16
3) Gold Bead Pheasant Tail 14-18
4) Flashback Pheasant Tail 16-20
5) Gold Bead Hare’s Ear 12-16
6) Gold Bead Squirrel Nymph 10-14
7) Copper Bead Flashback PT, Kaufmann’s (slimmer tie than our std. with flashback tied down
to tail, not just over thorax.)
8) Micro Mayfly, Mercer’s (***NOTE: no bologna here. This may be the best small mayfly
ever tied since the Pheasant Tail. Truly a monster seller, HIGHLY recommended. As a
relatively new pattern, only behind the Copper John in national sales)
…Olive is the best seller: Copper Bead 16-18/Glass Bead 20-22
9) Tungsten Pheasant Tail 16-20 (interesting: Standard tie sells best in East; Flashback version
in West)
10) Tungsten Prince Nymph 12-16
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11) BLM (Beaded Little Mayfly), Tim Heng’s (one of “Fly Fisherman” magazine’s Best 28 New
Flies.
Huge seller in only its 2nd year.)
…All colors, ALL sizes
12) RS-2 Emerger (classic Baetis emerger, but fishes for Midges so included here)
…Dun 18 -22 (the Baetis)
…Olive 18-22
…Black 18-22
STONEFLIES:
**Dries
1) Little Yellow Stone Female 14-16 (the classic Elk Caddis style)
2) Little Yellow Stone, Cutter’s 14-16 (tightly spun deerhair body, ultra-floater)
3) Slow Water Sally by Brad Befus 14-16
4) Slow Water Stone by Befus, Brown Stone 14-16
**Nymphs
5) Poxyback Micro Stone, Mercer’s (pg 43 Enflyclopedia/ pg 19 New Catalogue)
…Dark color 14-16
6) Micro Stone –Light, Mercer’s 14-16 (the Yellow Sally color) pg 51 Enflyclopedia/ pg 19
New
Catalogue
7) Gold Bead Biot Epoxy Stone, Golden, Mercer’s 10-14 (one of the worst names of all time;
one of the biggest
sellers…ever. pg 48 of the Enflyclopedia/ pg 17 of New 2004 Catalogue/Price List)
8) Gold Bead Rubberleg Mini Stones, Kaufmann’s
…Black 10-12
…Brown 10-12
9) Wired Stonefly, Brad Befus (sort of the Copper John of Stone Nymphs)
…Brown 12-16
…Golden 10-16
CADDIS
***Dries
1) Elk Caddis
…Olive 14-18
…Tan 14-18
2) E/C Caddis, Cutter’s (“Emergent/Crippled” Caddis, one of the best new caddis in a long
time, HUGE seller)
…Olive 14-18
…Tan 14-18
3) X-Caddis, Mathews’
…Olive 14-18
…Tan 14-18
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4) E-Z Caddis, Lawson’s (a parachute caddis, only four years old and a huge seller already)
…Olive 14-18
…Tan 14-18
5) Headlight Caddis, Overley’s (pg 18 Enflyclopedia)
6) Peacock Caddis 14-18
7) Pocono Caddis 14-16
8) Spotlight Caddis Emerger, Overley’s
…Black 18
…Olive 14-18
…Tan 14-18
***Pupa/Larva
9) Gold Bead Flashback Caddis, Lambroughton’s
…Olive 14-16
…Hare’s Ear 14-16
10) Dress Down Caddis, Logan’s (pg 49 Enflyclopedia. New in 2003, already excellent seller)
…Ginger/Brown 14-16
…Olive 14-16
11) Gold Bead Caddis Pupa
…Olive 14-16
…Cream 14-16
12) Z-Wing Caddis, Mercer’s
…Olive 14-18
…Amber 14-18
…Lime 14-16
13) Copper Bead Z-Wing Caddis, Mercer’s - Olive
14) Tungsten Caddis Larva, Mercer’s
…Amber 14-18
…Olive 14-18
BAETIS/BLUE WING OLIVES
***Dries:
1) Blue Wing Olive (std) 16-22
2) Parachute
…Blue Olive 16-22
…Baetis (gray turkey flat post) 18-22
3) CDC Biot Comparadun
…Gray Baetis 18-20
…BWO 18-20
4) Sparkle Dun Baetis
…Gray/Olive 20-22
…Olive 18-22
5) Thorax Baetis 18-22
6) CDC Loop Wing Emerger
…Gray 18-2…Olive 18-20
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7) Parachute Olive Quill, AK’s 16-20
8) Comparadun BWO 18-20
9) Silhouette Dun, Burk’s 18-20 (tremendous, relatively new, quill-bodied
Parachute with taller, realistically proportioned wing)
10) Para Emerger, Befus’ 18-22 (pg 35 Enflyclopedia/pg 12 New Catalogue)
11) Spotlight Emerger BWO, Overley’s 18-20
12) Evergreen Crystal Emerger, Oliverio’s
…Blue Wing Olive 16-18
13) Parachute, Bright Wing- BWO 18-20 (hot pink post)
***Nymphs
14) Micro Mayfly, Mercer’s
…Olive - Copper Bead 16-20/Glass Bead 20-22 (***the very best of the best.
This fly sells in qty’s rivaling Pheasant Tails)
15) Emerger, Wet, Barr’s BWO 18-22
16) Bead Head Emerger, Barr’s BWO 18-22
17) Flashback Emerger, Barr’s BWO 18-22
18) Poxyback Baetis, Mercer’s 18-20
19) RS-2 Emerger
…Dun 18-22
…Olive 18-22
CALLIBAETIS
***Dry
1) Mayfly Cripple, Callibaetis 14-16
2) Spotlight Emerger, Callibaetis, Overley’s 14-16
3) CDC Biot Comparadun, Callibaetis 14-18
4) CDC Biot Spinner, Callibaetis 16
5) Callibaetis Quill, AK’s 14-16
6) Thorax, Callibaetis 14-16
***Nymph
7) Poxyback Callibaetis, Mercer’s 14-16
DRAKES (E. Green Drake/ Brown Drake)
***Dries:
1) Evergreen Eastern Green Drake, Oliverio’s 8-10
2) Evergreen Coffin Fly, Oliverio’s 8-10
3) Beck’s Emerger, E. Green Drake 12
4) Brown Drake, Nealey’s 10
5) Brown Paradrake, Lawson’s 10
6) AA Thorax, Brown Drake 12
***Nymph:
7) Poxyback Eastern Green Drake, Mercer’s 8
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HENDRICKSON
***Dries:
1) Hendrickson, Dark 12-16
2) Hendrickson, Light 14
3) Beck’s Dun, Hendrickson 14
4) Spotlight Emerger, Overley’s
…Dk Hendrickson 14
…Lt Hendrickson 14
5) AA Thorax 12-14
5) Red Quill 14-16
6) Rivergod Spinner, Potter’s
…Rusty 14
7) Rusty Spinner 14 (hackled but trimmed flat on bottom. Excellent for this hatch)
8) Red Quill Spinner, AK’s 14
9) Rusty Spinner 14 (hackled, but trimmed flat on bottom) pg 35 Enflyclopedia
10) Rivergod Emerger, Potter’s
…Hendrickson 14
11) Beck’s Emerger, Hendrickson 14
12) Comparadun, Hendrickson 14
***Nymph:
13) Beck’s Nymph, Hendrickson 14
ISONYCHIA/SLATE DRAKE
1) Beck’s Dun, Slate Drake 12
2) Beck’s Spinner, Slate Drake 12
3) Poxyback Nymph, Mercer’s
…Isonychia/Slate Drake 10-12
HEXAGENIA
***DRIES:
1) Hexagenia Cripple 6
2) Hex Spinner, Lucca’s 8
3) Hex Spinner 4
4) Hex Adult, Schmidt’s
…Deer Body 4- 6
…Parachute 6
…Yarn Body 4- 6
5) Poxyback Emerger, Mercer’s- Hexagenia 6
***Nymph:
6) Hexagenia, Burk’s 4- 6
7) Bear’s Hex, Andrew’s 6- 8
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LIGHT CAHILL
1) Cahill
…Light 12-16
…Dark 14
2) Spotlight Emerger, Overley’s
…Light Cahill 14
***Nymph:
3) Poxyback Nymph. Mercer’s- Lt Cahill 14
MARCH BROWN
***Dries:
1) March Brown, American 12-14
2) March Brown, Flick’s 12-14
4) March Brown – Eastern, AK’s 12-14
5) Comparadun, March Brown 12-14
6) Spotlight Emerger, Overley’s
…March Brown 12-14
SULFUR
***Dries:
1) Parachute
…Sulfur 14-18
2) Sparkle Dun, Mathew’s
…Sulfur 16-18
3) Comparadun
…Sulfur 14-18
…Pale Sulfur 16
4) Sulfur Dun 14-18
5) Silhouette Dun, Burk’s
…Sulfur 16-18 (quill-bodied parachute, with realistically-proportioned
taller wing)
6) Spotlight Emerger, Overley’s
…Sulfur 16-18
7) Evergreen Crystal Emerger, Oliverio’s (terrific new emerger/cripple)
…Sulfur Orange 16-18
…Sulfur Yellow 16 –18
8) CDC Biot Comparadun, Sulfur 16-18
9) AA Thorax, Sulfur 16-18
10) Beck’s Dun, Sulfur 16
11) Rivergod Spinner, Potter’s
…PMD/Sulfur 16-18
12) Beck’s Sulfur Spinner 16
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SULFUR
***Nymphs:
13) Poxyback Nymph, Mercer’s
…Sulfur 14-18
14) Hunchback Sulfur, Burk’s 14-18
15) Beck’s Nymph, Sulfur 16
16) Crystal Hunchback, Burk’s
…PMD (huge new PMD seller, will work great for Sulfur) pg 39 Enflyclopedia
TRICO
***Dries
1) CDC Biot Comparadun
…Trico Male 22-24
2) Parachute Trico, AK’s 20-22
3) Trico Dun, AK’s 20-22
4) Visa-Dun, Barr’s (new and bullet proof)
….Trico 20-24
5) CDC Biot Spinner Trico 20-24
6) Trico Spinner, Bett’s 20-22
7) Triple Wing Spinner, Ellis’
…Trico Female 22
…Trico Male 22
8) Drowned Spinner, Barr;s
…Trico 18-22 (new and truly a great fly. Tied on the TMC 2488H, using quick descent
dubbing. Fishes just under the film)
9) Rivergod Spinner, Potter’s
…Trico 20-22
10) Pearl-Butt Trico Spinner, Potter’s 20-22
***Nymphs
11) Trico Emerger, Barr’s 18-24
12) Poxyback Nymph, Mercer’s
…Trico 20-22
MIDGES
***Dries:
1) Griffith’s Gnat (all sizes, but 18-22 sell best)
2) Midge (all colors, but best sellers below)
…Black 20-24
…Cream 20-24
3) CDC Multi-Midge, Schlotter’s (pick your color…after Black)
4) Biot Midge, Fowler’s (great new adult pattern)
…Black 18-22
…Olive 18-22
5) Trailing Shuck Midge
…Dark 20-22
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***Midge Pupa/Larva
6) Frostbite Chironomid, Chan’s
…Red (w. Copper Bead) 14-20
…Black 14-20
7) Pure Midge Larva, Barr’s (huge selling new pattern) pick your colors
8) Glass Bead Midge, Befus’
…Black 18-20 best seller’s
…Olive 18-20
…Red 18-20
9) Jujubee Midge, Craven’s- Olive 20-22
10) Tungsten Zebra Midges (all colors, all sizes)
11) Disco Midge, Red
12) JB Midge Emerger, Hydinger’s
…Black 18-22
…Scarlet 18-22
…Gun Metal 18-22
13) Desert Storm (great attractor larva)
…Fl Orange 18 – 24
TERRESTRAILS
***Ants:
1) Fur Ant
…Black 12-18
…Cinnamon 14-16
2) Flying Ant, Black 12-16
3) Hot Spot Ant, Harrison Steeves’- Black 16-18
4) Parachute Ant, Schroeder’s- Black 14-18
5) Power Ant, Turck’s
…Black 11-13
…Cinnamon 11-13
6) Transparants, Steeves’
…Black/Black 14-16
…Black/Red 14-16
7) Chernobyl Ants- all colors (NOT really an ant, but has to go somewhere since they
are huge sellers)
***Beetles:
1) Foam Beetle, Lawson’s- Black 14-16
2) Dave’s Black Beetle, Whitlock’s 14-16
3) Disc O’Beetle, Steeves’- Black 14
4) Flying Beetle, Harry Murray 14-16
5) Japanese Beetle, Steeves’ 12
***Crickets:
1) Dave’s Cricket, Whitlock’s- Black 10-12
2) Letort Cricket, Shenk’s- Black 12-14
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3) Crystal Butt Cricket, Steeves’ – Black 10
***Hoppers:
1) Parachute Hopper, Schroeder’s (this is now our best seller of all hoppers)
…Tan 8-14
…Olive 10-12
2) Dave’s Hopper, Whitlock’s 8-12
3) Hi-Vis Parachute Hopper, Schroeder’s 10-12
4) B/C Dropper/Hopper, Barr/Craven’s 8-10 (a combination Indicator – dry dropper system …and beautiful hopper. Monster seller in only its second year)
5) Red-Legged Hopper, Kingfisher’s 8-12(another new huge-seller from Big Sky country)
6) Spent Hopper, Burk’s 8-10 (deadly variation)
7) Yerger’s Yellow Hopper 10-12
8) Charlie Boy Hopper, Craven’s (only two years old, but it definitely has legs and a great
track record)
…Tan 8-12
…Yellow (New color)
9) Crystal Butt Hopper, Steeves’- Tan 12
10) Rubberleg Parachute Hopper, Schroeder’s – Tan 8-12 (the biggest selling hopper just got
better
….with addition of hot orange rubberlegs)
***Other Terrestrials:
1) UFO, Steeves’ 10 (great selling all-purpose foam terrestrial)
2) Club Sandwich, Burkholder’s (huge – I repeat, huge-seller in the west)
…Gray/Pink 6- 8 (the original)
…Yellow Belly 6- 8 (new color)
3) Dave’s Inchworm, Whitlock’s 12
4) Deer Fly, Steeves’ – Black/Yellow Foam
5) Yellow Jacket, Burk’s – Yellow/Black 10
STREAMERS/BUGGERS
***Buggers
1) Wooly Bugger
…Black 4-10
…Olive 6-10
…Brown 8-10
2) Gold Bead Crystal Buggers
…Black 6-10
…Olive 6-12
…Copper Brown 6-10
…White 6-10
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4) Super Bugger, Beck’s (Cathy, not Barry)
…Black 4- 8
…Olive 4- 8
…Tan 4- 8
5) Gold Bead Rubberleg Wooly Buggers, Kaufmann’s
…Black 4- 8
…Olive 6- 8
…Brown 6- 8
6) Gold Bead Flash-a-Bugger Peacock/Black 6-10
7) Gold Bead Autumn Splendor, Heng’s 4- 6 (pg 50 Enflyclopedia)
8) Tungsten Thin Mint – Olive/Brown/Black 6-10 (pg 56 Enflyclopedia)
…it’s beautiful, it’s new, it jigs like crazy, it sold huge after western intro)
9) Hot Bead Bugger
…Black/Chartreuse Bead 6-10
…Black/Fl Orange Bead
***Streamers
1) Clouser’s Deep Minnow
(ALL of them: don’t overlook Clouser’s Baby Smallmouth pg 57 Enflyclopedia)
2) Zonkers
…Natural/Pearl 4- 6
…White/Pearl 4- 8
…Olive 4- 6
3) Muddler Minnow (keeps on ticking) 4-12
4) Matuka Olive 6- 8
5) Hot Flash Minnow, Burk’s (monster seller for fresh and salt even though
Originally designed for lakes)
…Shad 2- 6
…Shiner 2 + 6 (no size 4)
6) Janssen’s Minnow
…Threadfin Shad 4- 6
…Rainbow 4- 8
7) Whitlock’s Sheep Series (pg 5 Enflyclopedia)
…Swimming Shad 2 + 6
8) Shenk’s White Minnow 6- 8
9) Bullet Head Streamer, Burk’s
…Gold 6
…Silver 6
10) Conehead Madonna
…size 4, all colors
11) Matuka Sculpin, Whitlock’s
…Olive 4- 6
…Gold 4- 6
12) Madtom Sculpin, Harry Murray’s- Black 6
13) Zoo Cougar 2- 6
14) Spruce 6
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15) Platte River Spider, Schrantz’ 4 (terrific new fly in 2003. Not only beautiful, but
Deadly in the water. A Marabou-spey style streamer. Pg 6- Enflyclopedia)
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