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PMD UV Super Baetis

The UV Super Baetis is one of RK's Fly Design most effective fly patterns. Super Hair is used to create a segmented body and provides excellent UV light qualities.

Opal Midge

The Opal Midge is an easy tie and very effective midge larva pattern. I am tying this pattern on an Allen Fly Fishing N304 hook.

Ava's Little Pinky

Ava's Little Pinky is my #1 midge pattern that I fish during the winter and early spring months. I am going be tying this midge larva pattern on an Allen Fly Fishing D103S hook between the sizes of 16...

Parachute Adams Emerger

The Parachute Adams Emerger is one of the most effective mayfly patterns that I fish. I am tying this emerger pattern on an Allen Fly Fishing N204BL hook between the sizes of 14 through 16.

Emergence Caddis Larva

The Emergence Caddis Larva is one of my favorite caddis larva patterns to tie and fish. It closely resembles John Barr's Uncased Caddis but with a few different materials and tying techniques.

Super Sally

The Super Sally is my favorite fly that I tie. Here in the Colorado we have a time period in the summer when the fish eat the crap out of yellow sally's.

Autumn Caddis Emerger

The Autumn Caddis Emerger is one of the most versatile flies that I fish. I am using an AFF N304 hook (straight-eye, 2x-short, 3x-wide scud/emerger hook.

McLoco Beetle

The McLoco Beetle is a highly visible beetle pattern for the summer and fall months. I am using an AFF D103BL hook (down-eye, 1x-Long, 1X Fine, barbless dry fly hook).

Soft Hackle Glass Emerger

The Soft Hackle Glass Emerger is a quick/ easy tie and very effective mayfly emerger pattern. I generally fish this fly within the surface film or on the swing.

RS2

An RS2 is a must have in any anglers fly box. This mayfly emerger pattern is one of the most versatile and effective flies to fish.

Special K Caddis

The Special K Caddis is truly a "double duty" fly. Combining a Tungsten bead and Ultra Wire onto an AFF N304 hook makes this fly sink like a rock.

Iced Pupa - Wine

This is one of the most effective midge patterns that I fish in the winter and early spring. I've had success with this fly on the Colorado, Frying Pan, Roaring Fork, Gunnison and Uncomphagre rivers w...

Icy Pheasant Tail

Sometimes a fly needs to be "pimped out". The Icy Pheasant Tail is no exception. This mayfly nymph is tied on an AFF W502 (sproat-bend, standard-shank hook).

RK's Wired Pupa

This is one of my go-to midges all year long. I use techniques of two of my favorite flies, the "rojo midge" and the "poison tungsten".

Baby Brown

Let's not have everyone get excited at once, but believe it or not, it's a Woolly Bugger. I added a few variations to the fly, including a multi-colored tail and a squirrel collar.

Go2 Emerger

There is a reason why I call this pattern Go2 Emerger..... enough said. The great thing about this pattern is that it so versatile.

Purple Prince Nymph

This is a fun tie and really fun to fish. This is one of my favorite attractor patterns that I use. I have recently had success catching brookies in mountain streams and lakes within Colorado with thi...

Ava's Hi-Vis Parachute Adams

Ava's Hi-Vis Parachute Adams is one of the most versatile mayfly dry fly patterns that I fish. I am using an AFF D103BL hook (down-eye, 1X-Long, dry fly hook).

Cinnamon Toast Ant

The Cinnamon Toast Ant is a very easy tie and a productive terrestrial pattern for the summer and fall months. I am using an AFF D102BL hook (down-eye, standard shank, wide gap dry fly hook).

Craven's JuJu Baetis

The JuJu Baetis is one of the most effective baetis patterns fished today. I am using an AFF N304 hook (straight-eye, 2x-short, 3x-wide scud/emerger hook.

RK's UV Chironomid

RK's UV Chironomid makes you think outside of the box when tying a midge pattern. This pattern closely resembles Rick Takahashi's Mini Bow Tie Buzzer, but in a larger chironomid version for lake fishi...

Action Jackson

The Action Jackson is the most successful articulated streamer pattern that I have ever fished. I am using an AFF MP001 (up-turned eye, multipurpose, stinger hook) for the trailing hook and an AFF S40...

RK's Variant Sculpin

The Variant Sculpin is a pattern I designed with inspiration from many different patterns such as the "Sculpzilla" and the "Slumpbuster".

Slumpbuster

What a classic. The Slumpbuster comes for the vise of John Barr. John's book, Barr's Flies" is one of the best fly tying books that I own.

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