April 2021

One of the most frequent type of questions we get at Perfect Fly during the hot summermonths relates to how warm water temperatures affects trout and trout fishing. First of all,anytime you are fly fishing for trout in either cold or hot weather conditions, you shouldhave a thermometer along with you. Knowing the water temperature can be veryimportant for several reasons. It’s best to always… Read More »Fly Fishing For Trout – Warm Water Temperatures

The Pheasant Tail Nymph is trout fly designed by Mr. Frank Sawyer, who was the RiverKeeper of Avon River in England in the early 1900’s. It was designed to imitate theblue-winged olive nymphs on the Avon. He used only two materials tying the fly, find copperwire and pheasant tail fibers. The fly sinks quickly with the weight of the wire and its fibersappears to trout… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Pheasant Tail Nymph

The Woolly Bugger is an artificial fly that fits into the streamer category. It is a highly popular flyfor both fresh and saltwater species of fish. It is popular for trout, bass, pike, salmon, steelheadand many other freshwater species. It imitates a leech, hellgrammite, and can even fool fish intotaking it for a minnow or baitfish. We stock the Woolly Buggers in plain and bead… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Woolly Bugger

The Hare’s Ear Nymph, and more recently the Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear nymph, is a classic trout fly.The newest version is the Bead Head Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Nymph. This fly has stood the test oftime and in still in use today although it has been around since the 1880’s. It may well be the oldestfly known to man. The reason why is simple. It… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Hare’s Ear Nymph

The Elk Hair Caddis is by far the most popular trout fly for imitating adult caddisflies. It has been around for years and is sold just about by every fly shop in the World. The Elk Hair Caddis comes in many different colors to imitate a large variety of caddisfly species, especially when they are depositing their eggs. The Elk Hair Caddis fly was designed… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Elk Hair Caddis

Dave’s Hopper fly is a great, dry fly that imitates a grasshopper. When Dave Whitlock doessomething, he does it right and his Dave’s Hopper fly is one fly anyone would have a difficult timeimproving. It not only looks like a grasshopper, if fished correctly, it acts like one. Trout lovegrasshoppers and they love Dave’s imitation of them. There probably isn’t a fly shop in Americathat… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Dave’s Hopper