This classic pattern is popular in England stillwaters, but our tests have shown that trout in the US and BC love it also. The foam eyes cause the fly to swim erratically which drives the fish crazy.

RIO's Foam Slice Frog is a killer topwater frog pattern for bass. The frog sits with its legs and backside down in the water, and it's head and eyes out, giving it a very realistic appearance. It has been designed to roll overif it lands upside down so that the hook point is always up, … more

When we're stillwater fishing in Canada, there's one gal we want to hang with - Cat Laflamme. She knows how to keep a perfectly stocked fly box for success. So when Cat tells us there's only one fly we have to have - we believe her.

Beetle Pattern tied with a sparkly underbody and shell back

RIO's Shear Damsel offers a uniquely segmented body without a bunch of extra thread work. The splayed wings of rubber legs quiver at the slightest movement which drives fish crazy.

Due to the similarity to "snot", and the necessity to not name a fly after snot, the RIO's Slime Bait is the answer to anglers that fish Stripers and Albies with "snot bait" on the east coast, and for those targeting fish feeding on herring smolt on the west coast.

This fly is one of the most versatile saltwater patterns we have ever tried. It will work for everything from stripers, albies, jacks, bluefish and anything that eats bait. It is also a killer juvenile sand eel imitation.

The combination of dubbing and v-rib already made this leech a killer lake pattern, so we decided to "one up" ourselves and design a balanced version.

Everything you love about the RIO's Soccer Mom, but now you can get it with rubber legs. This gives it more life and imitates more aquatic food.

This slimmed down Damsel Nymph pattern has a marabou tail that moves with the swimming motion of the real insect, and features a pulled over deer hair head that keeps this fly neutrally buoyant.

I have always seen the damsel fly nymph as one of the harder insects to imitate. First, anglers must let go of the concept or illusion that they can imitate their swimming motion, as that is essentially impossible. They simply wiggle laterally way too much for any material or retrieve to even get … more

Sooner or later fish wise up to anglers and their tricks. While Euro nymphs like Perdigons are deadly, largely due to their sink rates and the slow pace at which they bounce along the bottom, the more they are fished, the less effective they will become. The first thing that fish will wise up to … more

Everybody needs a squirmy wormy fly pattern in their fly box, and this one is devastatingly effective on trout streams. We designed ours with a CDC collar for extra movement and appeal, and tied them on a barbless jig hook with a tungsten bead to create the ultimate squirmy worm pattern.

"Coho, the moody salmon species. Depending on what river system you may be targeting them and how much angling pressure those fish get, they can either be super bitey or not at all. Here in BC's Lower Mainland, Coho get quite a bit of angling pressure, so we've had to play around … more

While fishing the Dean River in BC, we noticed many Deer Flies (commonly called Horse Flies) buzzing around, harassing us. We also noticed that steelhead smashed them with a revengeful attitude if given the chance. We had tied up some samples and sent them to another coworker the following year. … more