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Super floaty caddis pattern. I like skating it after sunset when the hatch is thick.

A fun variation of a leech pattern that hangs horizontally when fished under a bobber.

No terrestrial box is complete without some of these. I’ve had great success fishing west coast spring flying ant hatches with this, and decent success fishing for cutties in the interior in the summer.

Quick tie leech. It’s worked great for me in lakes but not so much in rivers. Not sure why 🤷‍♂️. Brian’s Marabou Wiggler.

Favourite Vancouver Island trout pattern. Does a good job during the salmon fry migration in the spring especially. Easy to tie in lots of colors. You can use deer or elk hair for the wing, lots of stuff for the tail and underwing.

Awesome Chironomid pattern for the East Kootenays. It’s easy to tie lots and switch up the colors.

Mayfly emerger pattern that is easier to tie small. Used to fish this a lot during PMD and BWO hatches in southern Alberta.

Usually tied as a mayfly nymph but I’ve only tied it larger as a quick tie stonefly nymph.

Go to quick tie hopper pattern in Alberta/south BC. Relatively quick to tie, bouyant and does the job.

Fun pattern to tie as long as it’s for big brown drakes haha. Used to fish this on spring creeks in Alberta during hatches with decent success.

Great dropper during the late spring/summer in Alberta!

This one is my bulk stonefly/grasshopper pattern. Buoyant and quick to tie.

Bit tedious with the biots as you go smaller but dang is it a fish catcher. When I feel like a little type 2 fun I’ll add a couple of these to my box.

Easy to tie smaller stonefly pattern with a thread body and single set of legs. Good dropper nymph. Good winter stone pattern as it’s easier to go smaller with.

I don’t know why but biots just feel the buggiest for me when it comes to stonefly legs. A rubber peg pattern is definitely more efficient, but these are fun to tie and super effective.

The only scud pattern I’ve really fished, it’s worked for me in bigger rivers and lakes for trout. Easy to add weight to it too.

The venerable Prince Nypmh. Not one of my go-to patterns but I like to have a few in my box. It’s a good searching fly when there are stoneflies around.

Versatile nymph that swings and dead drifts. Works as a dropper behind a streamer too.

Does as a mayfly does!

Flashy clouser! I’ve fished this for salmon, trout and bass, and it has consistently produced fish. Easy to tie and do different colour combos. Light colour on the bottom, darker on top.

Favourite mayfly emerger pattern. The foam really helps it stay afloat and lets you work with heavier body materials.

You can fill a row in a box in no time with these. Used to be one of my go-to dropper nymphs in southern Alberta.

This has been a fun fly to fish for steelhead and pinks. It’s pretty quick to tie and super buoyant.

Old school mayfly pattern that is easy to tie once you get used to it. Harder as you go smaller.

My favourite mayfly emerger pattern. Easy to tie, you can do lots of things for the body.

Works great when the fish are feeding sun surface and won’t take dry flies. Try to build a big enough wing to support it in the surface film.

Love this fly for summertime prospecting. Kinda imitates lots of things, works well in my experience when larger caddis, stoneflies or grasshoppers are around

Works well as a general purpose attractor type nymph. Sinks well and is my favourite to use as a dropper nymph in southern Alberta. The biots can be a pain 😂

More bouyant than an X Caddis but a bit more tedious to tie and find the right hackle for. Definitely catches fish

It’s like the original but with ziplock bag instead of proper material 😂

I’ve had great success with this pattern in southern Alberta in the fall.

Simple salmon beach fishing pattern. Probably has a name I’m not sure of. Works really well!

My most commonly tied streamer, if only for ease of tying haha. Does it job as a bait fish imitation and sinks fast.

Another easy searching nymph!

Nice searching pattern and a quick tie. Can use lots of different things for the tail. I just use dubbing folded over and it floats well enough.

Another great searching chironomid. Easy on the materials and effective. Lots of things work for the rib and UV is optional.

The classic. Works for everything, even when done poorly 😂

Favourite pink salmon pattern. Holds up fairly well to being backcasted into beach rocks

Almost as simple as possible, with added gills! One of my go to patterns if I don’t see anything hatching. Easy to fill a box with multiple colors.

Caught my first steelhead on this pattern. It works for a lot of different species and conditions. Woolly bugger with an egg 👍

An easy 2 material fly that works surprisingly well. It’s light and fishes nice on heavier tips.

Have caught a bunch of steelhead on this one in a variety of water conditions. It’s pretty quick to tie and super light to cast, yet has a big profile in the water. Great economics!

Great all purpose nymph that imitates lots of stuff. Even swinging this fly has worked well for me haha. For me it’s best fished under an indicator or as a dropper. Go-to searching nymph.

My favourite leech pattern for hanging in rivers and lakes. You can substitute the goat dubbing for other coarse hairs.