Big Y Brand Flies

Caddis or sedge are extremely important source of food worldwide. This is a great imitation of the caddis pupa, that trout just love. In caddis fi...

Caddis larva are a time tested favorite for trout, steelhead and bass anglers. If there are caddis or sedge in your neck of the woods, then this ...

Is there a species of gamefish that won't hit a crayfish? Especially effective in summer months, rivers and lakes.  Use for steelhead, browns and ...

The Czech/Euro Pat's Rubber Legs (or Jimmy Legs) is here. Jiggy Legs was designed on the Deschutes where swift currents and rocky bottoms can lose...

When fish are slurping, this one is catching Great for PMD and Sulphurs, but catches anytime a fish is cruising the film

Stonefly nymphs live in clean moving water, and are an important feeding source for both trout and steelhead. Double the beads means double the si...

A classic soft hackle pattern, great for swinging. A copper wire butt and ribbing helps this pattern sit a bit lower in the water column when swu...

Now we can’t get you all excited about the upcoming salmonfly and stonefly hatches, and only send you one new pattern to try out. The Bandit S...

An incredibly simple yet effective pattern. Designed in a plethora of colors to fit most fishing conditions.  Gold ribbing adds a ton of attractio...

Like so many other caddis emerger patterns this guy is tied in tan, on a scud hook, peacock thorax, ribbing, and hackle. Some do have a tail, othe...

Parachute version of this popular mayfly hatch. Also great for Brown Drakes, and many other brown colored hatches. Rithrogena Germanica, Stenonema...

A dry fly pattern with parachute wings and a mahogany colored body. A popular summer pattern, and a good searching pattern as well. Great for the ...

Especially for fast water, when your fly needs to get down fast and deep. For steelhead and torpedo like trout everywhere. Be prepared with a stou...

A perfect little streamer for lakes and streams Good looking jig doesn't get hung up in the rocks. Tungsten slotted bead gets it down NOW. Big Y F...

The Girdle Bug is deadly when swung through fast oxygenated water. Excellent for trout, steelhead, and smallmouth bass. Rubber Legs is often the d...

Many steelie fishers call this their go to pattern.  And so bass and trout fishers also.  Many claim it's origin, all claim its effectiveness.

The fish catching qualities of the royal body style are legendary. Give it the wet fly wing, and you have a very effective attractor and wet fly/...

Especially for fast water, when your fly needs to get down fast and deep. For steelhead and torpedo like trout everywhere. Be prepared with a stou...

A great salmonfly variation of the classic Chernobyl Ant. The Chernobyl was quick to launch into legendary status. Now with the hair wing it is ev...

Excellent general emerger pattern for pale colored mayflies, caddis flies, or to just swing or drift in the surface film when it's difficult to te...

Developed by Al Troth, on Hebgen Lake in Southwest Montana.  Originally tied to match the callibaetis hatch. The olive version effective for m...

Infamous on the McKenzie River; for steelies. Also a great lake pattern for dragonfly nymphs etc.

Nice leech pattern with tons of articulation. Great for aggressive and anadromous fish. Strip it, swing it, and dead drift it. With a Crossc...

A longer, sleeker fast sinking version of Beadhead Hare's Ear. Head down swimmer, great for longer mayflies, dragonfly nymphs, stoneflies etc. Al...

A more flashy version of the regular Woolly Bugger. A great attractor pattern, inciter pattern, prepare for vicious strikes, and large fish. Use f...

This new one comes from straight out of a big fly tying magazine.  It's a beetle, its an ant, it's an attractor. The red body contrasts nicely wit...

The Pale Morning Dun (PMD) hatch goes on and on and on, be ready as the fish become wary of the fishing pressure and often only select the cripple...

This fly has recorded excellent results in Yellowstone all the way through Michigan. Fish it early and fish it late, fish it when the PMD's are...

A widespread mayfly hatch.  These insects can emerge from March through September in many locations.  Callibaetis can emerge in various colors, fr...

This little baitfish crushes!  From smallmouth to sea-run cutties, sea trout to stripers, this is a speedy little fly. It sold out quicker than ...

Ephemerella invaria, throughout the Midwest and many other regions as well, this is THE hatch to fish. When fish are ultra selective and pressure...

This pattern packs a lot of features onto one hook, most noticeably the peacock thorax, immature wing, and shuck. Oh yeah, it also looks a whole l...

Designed by local fly tyer, fly fisher, and Big Y employee Matt Duce. This thing absolutely destroys smallmouth bass on our local waters. Great an...

Designed by local fly tyer Matt Duce. The Red Light Leech is a favorite in lakes and on the Columbia. A great leech or damsel nymph pattern that...

An excellent mayfly pattern, especially in waters overfished by the pheasant tail. Natural styled body is created by using pheasant tail and some ...

Incredibly similar to a Pat’s Rubber Legs, or a Girdle Bug. The Knotty Girl is meant to be a similar imitation to both those patterns. Designed t...

An oldie but goodie, this wet fly has produced fish for close to a hundred years. A flashier version of the soft hackle partridge, excellent for o...

An infamous Pacific Northwest Dolly Varden/Bull Trout fly.  Developed on the Skagit, Sauk and Stillaguamish Rivers as a winter steelhead fly.  O...

Designed by local fly tyer Matt Duce. This is a smaller version of the Red Light Leech.  It works fantastic in lakes, but excels when swung acro...

A flashy, heavy caddis emerger and attractor pattern. Fish will hit this hard during caddis hatches. Wire body, white poly wing, make for a combin...

This pattern comes from our 2023 fly-tying photo contest.   The October caddis is our last big hatch every fall in the west. From Alaska to Califo...