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A marabou tail and soft, palmered hackle suggest leeches, baitfish, and larger aquatic food.

A clipped deer-hair head gives this classic baitfish pattern its distinctive profile.

A rabbit-strip back brings movement to a bright, minnow-shaped body.

Elk hair and two hackles make a visible searching dry for stonefly and caddis water.

A dense wire abdomen, bead, and reflective wingcase make a useful sinking searching nymph.

Upright feather wings, mixed hackle, and a gray body form a classic mayfly silhouette.

A long orange tail and mobile collar define this familiar Atlantic salmon pattern.

An olive swimming fly with soft hackle, marabou, rubber legs, and a bright head.

A bucktail wing shelters the upward-riding hook point for working shallow cover.

An olive mayfly body with dun wings and hackle for small olive hatches.

Rabbit fur breathes during pauses and makes a simple, mobile leech profile.

A chenille worm tail and soft hackle combine in a compact carp searching fly.

A wrapped CDC feather supplies both body and moving fibers beneath a hair wing.

Foam, rubber legs, and two visible wings create a floating hopper or stonefly attractor.

Sparse bucktail and weighted eyes create a baitfish fly that fishes hook-point up.

Furry foam, curled flank-feather claws, and hackle legs imitate a small crayfish.

A bright bucktail tail, silver body, and soft collar make a compact swinging fly.

A sparse calf-tail wing and light eyes create a compact flats fly.

A sculpted deer-hair head dives on a strip and resurfaces during the pause.

A classic grasshopper with knotted legs, a turkey wing, and a sculpted deer-hair head.

An orange bead leads a soft leech profile that moves during pauses.

A tent-shaped hair wing and hackled body suggest adult caddis on the surface.

Sparse synthetic fiber layers create a broad baitfish silhouette without a heavy body.

A foam shell and peacock belly give a compact beetle profile along banks.

A buoyant foam head pushes water while a soft tail moves between pops.

A pheasant-tail abdomen and bright collar combine a natural body with a visible trigger.

Two dubbed segments separated by a narrow waist create a simple ant silhouette.

A foam lip makes a waking or splashing surface fly with a light baitfish tail.

A small yarn sphere imitates a drifting fish egg.

Craft fur, pearl braid, and bead-chain eyes form a versatile bonefish shrimp.

A white hair wing contrasts with a black body and bright chartreuse rear band.

Peacock and grizzly hackle make a small surface pattern for midge activity.

A shaggy, natural nymph with a gold rib and mottled wingcase. Let the guard hairs do the work.

A buoyant hair back and upright hair wings make a visible rough-water attractor.

A feather tail and bucktail collar make a flexible baitfish silhouette.

Yellow-red-yellow bucktail over silver tinsel creates a recognizable baitfish attractor.

A foam back and soft fur belly produce a mouse silhouette and a surface wake.

A gray mayfly profile with an upright white post for tracking the drift.

A thin orange body and sparse soft hackle suggest emerging or drowned insects.

A chenille stonefly with mobile rubber appendages for deeper drifts.

A smooth, resin-coated nymph with little bulk for reaching depth in current.

A slim, copper-ribbed mayfly profile, finished here with a peacock thorax and fiber legs.

Peacock herl, a gold rib, and unmistakable white biot wings. A classic searching nymph.

Pearl flash and a red head make a bright, compact attractor nymph.

A barred craft-fur tail and brush head make a mobile marsh searching fly.

White upright wings, brown hackle, and a bright red waist. A buoyant attractor for broken water.

Split tails, a slim body, and a short CDC wing suggest an emerging mayfly.

An uncomplicated chenille worm for a slow drift near the bottom.

A curved, segmented freshwater shrimp imitation for weed beds and productive tailwaters.

Soft saddle feathers create a light streamer that hovers and pulses on the pause.

A segmented red body and clipped hair wing suggest a small caddis pupa or midge.

A conehead and pine-squirrel strip make a compact streamer with a pulsing collar.

A reversed foam popper head slides and wakes with a quieter surface action.

A soft silicone worm with movement during a natural drift.

A slim synthetic baitfish with a clear resin head for schooling minnows.

A thread abdomen and tiny dubbed thorax suggest small mayfly or midge emergers.

A short red tag, chenille body, and grizzly hackle make a compact searching fly.

A trailing shuck and low hair wing imitate a caddis struggling at the surface.

A slim thread body and fine wire rib imitate a small midge below the surface.

Peacock herl, a barred wingcase, and soft legs create a dark searching nymph.