TR Wire Soft Hackle – When swinging a soft hackle, I like just a bit of weight on the fly to keep it below the surface and the addition of a small tungsten bead behind the hackle seems to make the fly swim better-I don’t have as much luck swinging standard bead head flies.The tan version works for March Brown (eastern and western), Hendrickson, Light Cahill, Gray Fox, and other tan-colored mayflies. This hatch often produces the pickiest fish of the season and this subtle, low-floating fly will fool them when conventional dry flies get refusals. The PMD/Sulfur version works for the many species of PMDs or Pale Evening Duns or Pale Wateries throughout the world. The Brown/olive version works for the many species of small olive-colored mayflies, which fish seem to prefer in the emerger stage. I’ve updated it a bit with a Tactical Wide Gape Hook, and I now put the CDC alongside the wings as “outriggers” to keep the fly positioned in the surface film. It floats down in the film, but the rabbit’s foot wing is highly visible and highly mobile and suggests the impression of movement. TR Rabbit’s Foot Emerger – The Rabbit’s Foot Emerger is a pattern I’ve used for about 30 years and guides all over the country swear by it.It works very well prior to a hatch, or even during the hatch. This one imitates sulfurs and Hendricksons in the larger sizes and the various olives and PMDs in the smaller sizes. TR Wire Mayfly Nymph – There are so many slim mayfly nymphs with a brownish olive tone that a generic pattern that sinks quickly and has the right profile in these colors is almost always successful.It’s a great fly on a Euro rig or when fishing a dry dropper when nothing is hatching. ![]() I think trout look for them and I have found these larvae in many trout gullets after giving them a throat pump. They move around and are not tightly attached, so they often drift off the bottom and into the current. TR Wire Caddis Larva – Most trout streams are full of small, thin cased caddis larvae that live all over rocks on the bottom.And the one aspect of a caddis pupa that is quite prominent, and I feel LaFontaine missed, were the dark wing pads, which are very prominent on an emerging caddis. I also added a bead, but a black one for subtlety. I replaced the fur body with bright green Ultra Wire, keeping the Antron overlay. TR Deep Pupa – I am a big fan of the late Gary LaFontaine’s Deep Pupa but I’ve gradually modified it over the years to come up with a version I think is more effective.The following patterns are my go-to flies when standards don’t work, or where my modification of a standard pattern is more than just a color or single material change. There are times, however, when I feel a need for different patterns that aren’t covered by what you see in a fly shop. Sometimes I make small modifications to them like putting rubber legs instead of biots on Prince Nymphs but I don’t consider these new fly patterns. I typically use standard patterns and have a lot of confidence in proven flies like the Sparkle Dun, Pat’s Rubber Legs, Prince Nymph, Game Changer, and many others. Find what you need to net your targets in this exclusive collection at Orvis. Whether you’re swinging a Euro rig or traditional leader setup, Tom Rosenbauer has designed the perfect fly to work for you. Rosenbauer’s expertise informed the design of versatile dry flies to use as an indicator in a dropper rig or alone as a single dry, so you can adapt to whatever works while you’re on the river. Explore wet flies and nymphs with perfectly placed colors and buggy accents to entice the pickiest rainbows and browns. Browse realistic caddis flies that imitate emergers or attract strikes even when nothing is hatching. His lifelike trout flies include options weighted with artfully incorporated tungsten bead heads to drop fast. As Orvis’s Chief Fly-Fishing Enthusiast, Rosenbauer has spent thousands of hours on the water, and he knows what makes even the fussiest trout rise. Known throughout the sport as one of the greatest living anglers, Tom Rosenbauer used his encyclopedic knowledge of fly fishing and years of success on the water to develop this series of flies that convinces fish they’re hitting the real thing. ![]() Proven Fly Patterns Designed by Fishing Legend Tom Rosenbauerįind distinctive, realistic patterns that attract eats in the Tom Rosenbauer Fishing Flies Collection.
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