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Umpqua Fly Drowned Spinner Trico
SKU: NFD9857

Size 18 and 22

When many fly fishermen think of mayfly spinners they envision a run full of rising fish feeding on the lifeless floating spinners as they float downriver. For many of us fishing for rising fish is our favorite technique but fishing spinner falls can be very challenging, especially the predictable and months long Trico spinner fall. The traditional approach has always been to fish a spinner pattern flush in the surface film. This can be effective but also is very challenging. If the lighting isn’t perfect seeing your fly is difficult. If you can’t see your fly you cannot see a fish take it, you are not sure if the cast is accurate and you cannot see if little micro currents are creating drag. The natural spinners are motionless and any drag on your fly guarantees a fish will not take it.

I eliminated all three of the inherent problems when fishing a floating spinner with a technique I developed on the Missouri River when fishing a Trico spinner fall. I used a drowned spinner pattern on about 8 inches of 6x fluorocarbon tied to the hook bend of a black bodied Vis A Dun. With the highly visible dry fly, I could monitor the cast for accuracy and drag and it served as an indicator when a fish took the drowned spinner and some fish took the dry fly. The technique proved to be extremely effective for any spinner fall including rusty spinners and I have successfully used the technique on rivers throughout the West. If spinners falls have been occurring but not while you are fishing, a drowned spinners is a good choice when setting up a nymph or hopper-copper-dropper rig. The spinners are a familiar forage for the trout and they won’t hesitate to eat one subsurface. Baetis mayflies do not have a true spinner fall because the female accompanied by the male crawl under the water to lay their eggs, then they die and are carried downriver. . No doubt trout eat countless drowned Baetis spinners and a drowned rusty spinner is an excellent choice when Baetis have been hatching.

Umpqua Fly Duracell Bomb
SKU: NFD9881

Perfect for fishing under a dry or as a great searching nymph on a two fly nymph rig, the Duracell Bomb has made its way into the boxes of guides and competitors alike.

Utilizing a red trigger wire wrap, flashy ice dub body, CDC collar and a tungsten bead, this fly just gets it done.

At home on technical waters or your favorite river so you can join in on the fun with this competition inspired fly that delivers confidence to your angling.

Umpqua Fly Duracell Bomb Brown 3.5 14
Umpqua Fly Duracell Bomb Brown 4.0 12
Umpqua Fly Duracell Bomb Pheasant Tail 3.5 14
Umpqua Fly Duracell Bomb Pheasant Tail 4.0 12

Umpqua Fly Extended Body Brown Drake
SKU: NFD9838

Size 10 Brown
Size 12 Green

Signature tyer: Mike Lawson

Umpqua Fly Fast Water Drake
SKU: NFD9839

Green and Grey
Size 10

I’ve been using this pattern for 10 years or more.

On the Deschutes we have a hatch of green drakes that hatch on the fastest rapids you can find, almost class 2 rapids where these things will pop up and hatch.

A lot of the classic green drake patterns that are out there that are designed for other rivers, especially slower rivers, don’t really work on the Deschutes because they just don’t float very well.

So I tried to come up with a fly that floated really well but still looked like a green drake without getting too big or too crazy.