We’re always fishing. So are our designers. We’re always tying. So our our designers. New hooks, new materials and new tactics—while we deeply value tradition, we don’t ever rest on it. So, we enter 2025 with a huge range of new fly patterns. Some are from our wildly talented designers —there are 8 new additions to the team!—whereas others were designed in house. There are far too many fly patterns to discuss in one blog post, so we’re breaking them into categories. To kick things off, we’re starting with our top 10 nymphs. Some come from the modern euro nymph school of thought, where others are more traditional. Whichever you choose, though, they can be fished however you like them—dry dropper, euro nymphing, or under a bobber!
Olsen’s Straggle Stone
Devin Olsen’s Straggle Stone is a stonefly imitation that comes from the modern euro nymphing school of thought. Entirely synthetic, it uses our Streamer Straggle and Bug Back with rubber legs. Because the materials don’t carry much bulk, you can pack weight onto the hook shank without making the profile too big. This pattern is realistic enough to serve as a natural imitation in the brown coloration. However, it has enough flash and UV elements to serve as an attractor nymph as well. This attracting power is especially helpful when there are lots of natural stoneflies in the drift and you want it to stand out.
Goodspeed’s ESP Caddis
The great Gary LaFonatine certainly made an impression on Joe Goodspeed from an early age. When sitting down to tie this fly Joe said to me, “I believe this is how Gary LaFontaine would have tied a caddis pupa if he had access to the same materials.” Joe has designed this nymph to be just as effective as Gary’s Deep Sparkle Pupa. As such has called it the Evolved Sparkle Pupa The colors, build factor and materials play a huge role in the effectiveness of this fly. The way the dubbing is densely packed, and it’s more ovular taper are specifically designed to show the exact same backlit profile as a natural caddis when silhouetted against the sun in the drift. When it comes to imitating bugs, little details make a big difference. This caddis is hugely effective under a caddis emergence.
Weiss’ Secret Worm
Pat Weiss was on the cutting edge of modern nymph design before it arrived in the US. His secret worm is no exception. This pattern was designed before suede worms were popular, and yet it still proves extremely effective in catching trout. When this pattern gets wet the way the material (secret) absorbs water and reacts to current is nearly identical to the real thing.
Boroff’s Knuckle Breaker Caddis
Another new caddis pattern for this year, Tyler Boroff’s Knuckle Breaker caddis is a great imitation for when the trout are keyed in on pupa that are getting washed out of the rocks in the drift. Because of the soft nature of the body material and the thorax, it has just enough flow in the water. This gives it incredibly realistic movement in the drift. The three different color options will help you get the closest match to the caddis color in the rivers you fish.
Miller’s Beach Body Stone
From Josh Miller: “This pattern was developed for quick sinking action when you’re fishing fast water rocky stonefly rivers.” It’s durable, is tied with a lot of weight, is on a stout hook, and features materials that have very limited resistance in the water. The wrapped material on the body gives it a great segmented effect, where the legs and thorax dubbing give it just enough movement to make it look like a real stonefly when the trout have more time to inspect it.
Roza’s World Spain Perdigon
From Luboš Roza: “in recent years, the Perdigon fly has become very popular. These are usually very simple nymphs, whose bodies are completely covered in varnish. This makes them cast very well and dive very well. These specific flies must also be presented specifically. The way of catching is very active! This fly brought me medals in Spain and I’m sure it wasn’t her last medal.” The brown bead and natural quill on this pattern make this pattern much more subtle, while the small orange hot spot helps distinguish itself enough in the drift so that it gets picked out from the naturals.
Moore’s Next Gen Perdigon
From Cade More: “I have been messing around with hotspot Perdigons for a while now and didn’t want to be limited to just a hot spot for the collar and wanted something different for picky tailwater trout. I messed around with a few different materials but landed on Flex-Floss as it still allows the fly to be very durable, sink fast and adds some additional movement and vibration to the fly. I have fished these from picky Tailwater brown trout to aggressive backcountry cutthroats and this fly gets the job done.” We particularly like how slender these flies are, and how they’re tied in different color ways than most other patterns on the market. Trout get habituated to seeing the same attractor patterns, so having something new to show them can make a huge difference.
Goodspeed’s Private Stock Stone
When it comes to fooling large, picky trout Joe Goodspeed operates on another level. This stonefly was designed over years of fishing stonefly patterns for trout, and accurately represents the curved shape they take when they get dislodged from the rocks and are drifting downstream. That curved shape can be absolutely critical when you’re presenting flies to fish that see lots of stonefly imitations. That, paired with the segmented body, wing cases and knotted legs make it extremely realistic. This is a secret weapon that Joe hasn’t shared for many years, but he finally decided it was time.
Joe Goodspeed has some unique perspectives and approaches to targeting big trout with bugs like these. Give our recent YouTube video a watch to learn all about it.
Cheech’s Montana Grease Top Scud
Designed by Cheech Pierce on the Missouri river in Montana, it’s certainly not limited to there. If you’re an angler that fishes rivers with scuds in them then this pattern is for you. Tied with a fluorescent pink painted tungsten bead and our psychedelic Ultra Nymph Dubbing, this pattern has an unreal amount of attracting components. If you’re fishing this when there are a lot of naturals in the drift, or if its drifting among weeds and other vegetation, these elements will help it stand out better to fish.
Olsen’s Pheasant Tail Nymph Doppelganger
We all love pheasant tails, but no matter how well you tie them they’re not the most durable flies out there. Devin Olsen came up with this pattern as a substitute. Made from synthetic materials, this pattern is extremely durable. It will catch fish after fish. It has just a little bit of sparkle in the body material, and a hot butt for some attracting power as well. For anyone who fishes pheasant tail nymphs, we highly recommend trying this out too.
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