Logan Messina

CDC is like magic for making dry flies look realistic. The material traps micro air bubbles and has a very unique buggy movement. Tied on a size 16...

Mops flies are notorious amongst fly fishermen. Although they are often scoffed at by the purist crowd, these flies just simply catch fish. The mop...

The Intruder was originally created on the west coast to be used for swinging for anadromous fish, such as Steelhead and Salmon. Since its inceptio...

Black Nose Dace are a prolific baitfish that inhabit most of the lakes, rivers, and streams in the northeast. This small fish will spawn in huge nu...

Smelt are a prolific baitfish that inhabit most of the lakes, rivers, and streams in the northeast. This small fish will spawn in huge numbers. The...

If there are Caddis in the air, there are Caddis underwater. These Caddis nymph’s are essential for summer time hatches. Trout like to do most of t...

Adult Caddis often don’t lay their eggs in overhanging vegetation like they intend to. Sometimes they fall into the water and lay the eggs in the s...

There is no wrong way to fish this Bugger. It could be stripped, jigged, or dead drifted. The chickabou feather tail has a lot of pulse and wiggle ...

Sometimes a fluorescent touch gets the job done. This buggy nymph is a great fish attractor. The CDC collar is a key component, because CDC has mic...

This pattern is best fished below a dam just after ice out in the early spring time. A dead drift or letting it hang in the current imitates a stun...

Hailing from the competitive fly fisher world, a mix of natural pheasant tail and bright colored UV ice dubbing makes for a killer nymph pattern. T...

Greenie Weenie $3.25 The green weenie is one of the most straightforward and productive flies available. This fly is a nationwide favor...

Soft hackle wet flies are like the chameleons of the fly fishing world. They can imitate many of the bugs commonly found subsurface in rivers. Trad...

In the early season trout awaken from their winter slumber to eagerly seek these emerging Hendrickson mayflies, making this one of the first and mo...

The Killer Caddis works great in June when there are lots of green Caddis larva crawling around the bottom of the river. It’s tied on a barbless si...

The Maple Syrup is a well known and well deserved replica of a Hexagenia mayfly nymph that is known to most fly fishers. This should be the first f...

The Mickey Finn is a fantastic fall streamer pattern and works especially well for Maine Brook Trout! This fly has been around since the early 1900...

The Peeping Caddis is a must have for matching a specific stage of the caddis hatch. Caddis nymphs make cases out of gravel and attach themselves t...

The Prince Nymph has been a tried and true pattern for decades. This is just a wacky variant of the classic attractor nymph. It can imitate stone f...

Hatching in a river is a treacherous task. Not all bugs make it out alive. Some get stuck in transition from nymph to dun in the water’s surface fi...

Girdle Bug, Pats Rubber Leg, Stone Nymph, Turd, whatever you call them, these are a killer fly for any kind of trout. This version is tied with lif...

The Golden Retriever was originally created in Virginia about 30 years ago. Since then, it’s effectiveness has swept across the fly fishing nation....

A play on the wooly bugger, the Thin Mint is a tri-colored bugger fly with just the right amount of contrast and flash. Tied on a size 10 barbless ...

Orange is a fantastic color to use in the fall because it mimics the eye-catching hues of brook trout. Joe Sterling, a fly tier from Maine, created...

A traditional and contemporary version of the woolly bugger! A must have in every angler's box! Tied on a size 8 hook with a heavy tungsten bead.  ...