Top 10 New Dry Fly Patterns for 2024 from Fulling Mill USA
Read Time: 5 Minutes | Published: 28th February 2024 | Author: Fulling MillOur final new flies blog for 2024 features dry fly patterns. From Tactical River Dries like Olsen’s Front End Loader Caddis and Boroff’s Wader Midge to Elden’s CDC PMD Emerger and Rosenbauer’s General T, we have just about all your bases covered. Check out our new dry fly patterns for 2024!
Olsen’s Front End Loader Caddis
From the designer, Devin Olsen: “During practice for the 2013 World Fly Fishing Championship in Norway, I found that the brown trout preferred flush riding dry flies in the low gradient rivers we were fishing. However, the caddis patterns I had with me which rode flush were poor at floating tungsten nymph droppers. I have long been a fan of Quigley’s Hackle Stacker style mayfly patterns. So, I figured the flush riding but buoyant hackle on these patterns would create the perfect combination when added to an elk hair wing to make my Front-End Loader Caddis. I ended up catching many of my fish in Norway on this pattern. It’s still my go-to caddis pattern to appeal to discerning fish while still being able to float tungsten nymphs.”
Elden’s Mother’s Day Caddis
The Mother’s Day Caddis hatch is one of the most anticipated hatches of the year. If you hit it right, it can be some of the best fishing you’ll experience for the season. Elden Berrett has been guiding for over 33 years, so he knows quite a lot about this hatch. This pattern has been developed over many seasons of work.
Tactical Parachutes
The ultimate hatch matching parachute. Tied with our new Ultra Dry yarn and new Tactical Dry Fly Dubbing, these flies come pre-treated so they float longer. We added 9 variations for prolific and common hatches like March Browns, PMDs and BWOs. Each comes in several sizes.
Weiss’ Hi-Top Caddis
While the Hi-top caddis works quite well as a stand alone dry fly, it was designed as part of a long distance dry-dropper rig. Its purpose was to deliver a small Firefly or BP properly at distance. This requires a fly that floats well with out excess bulk or weight and doesn’t push too much air during the cast. It works quite well on a euro dry-dropper as well. Tied in several color combinations, it gets eaten surprisingly often when no fish are rising.
Daniel’s Purple Humpy
George Daniels’ Purple Humpy sports a foam back instead of moose as the traditional pattern calls for. This adds durability and flotation and also acts as a sighter for the angler. A great pattern for dry dropper and even at terrestrial time this pattern cleans up!
Keegan’s Stacked BWO
This hackle stacker emerger pattern rides low in the surface film and imitates an emerging mayfly at it’s most vulnerable stage. CDC tightly wrapped for the body and a trailing shuck fools the wariest of trout every time. Keegan’s BWO version is a dead ringer for an emerging olive.
Baltz’ Iron-X Caddis
A variation on the X-Caddis. This pattern uses a more buggy dubbing and a synthetic underwing to aid on floatation. This can be especially useful if you’re fishing in riffled water or wanting to float a nymph below.
Boroff’s Wader Midge
From the designer, Tyler Boroff: “Have you ever looked down at your waders and found them covered in midges? This exact situation is what drove me to create the Wader Midge. This fly has a thin midge profile with a flash collar finished with a double wing to capture air. The concept was to imitate a drown or emerging midge.”
Rosenbauer’s General T
From Tom Rosenbauer: “There are times when I want a more subtle terrestrial than a hopper or beetle. Additionally, trout and panfish eat a lot of other terrestrial insects like houseflies, wasps, bees, and flying ants. I find this is close enough to those other winged terrestrials to fool trout, thus the name General T for general terrestrial. The fly floats low in the water like these insects and presents a low profile, but the sparkle from the Krystal Flash wing catches light at all angles so it makes the fly quite visible on the water. And, it looks like the wings of many terrestrials.”
Rosenbauer’s Rosenhopper Purple
A seriously buggy hopper imitation, this pattern excels for prospecting summertime streams as a single fly or with a nymph suspended below. This year Tom added this purple and black version, which is really great on cloudy days or when the water is off color.
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