Hatch Imitations

Flies That Imitate Stonefly Nymphs

9 proven patterns designed to match stonefly nymphs across multiple life stages. From subsurface nymphs to surface duns, these are the flies that consistently fool selective trout.

Hare's Ear Nymph fly pattern
Nymph

Hare's Ear Nymph

Buggy, messy, and irresistible to every trout in the river.

Sizes 10–18

Woolly Bugger fly pattern
Streamer

Woolly Bugger

If you could only fish one fly for the rest of your life.

Sizes 2–10

Copper John fly pattern
Nymph

Copper John

John Barr's heavy metal attractor — built to sink and designed to shine.

Sizes 12–18

Prince Nymph fly pattern
Nymph

Prince Nymph

Doug Prince's attractor nymph combines peacock herl, brown hackle, goose biot wings and tail in a pa

Sizes 10–18

Pat's Rubber Legs fly pattern
Nymph

Pat's Rubber Legs

Pat's Rubber Legs is a large, heavily weighted stonefly nymph pattern with rubber legs that pulse an

Sizes 4–10

Twenty Incher fly pattern
Nymph

Twenty Incher

The Twenty Incher is a large, heavily weighted stonefly nymph with rubber legs and a chenille body.

Sizes 4–8

Squirrel Nymph fly pattern
Nymph

Squirrel Nymph

Dave Whitlock's Squirrel Nymph uses fox squirrel body hair and tail as dubbing for a buggy, all-purp

Sizes 10–16

Polish Woven Nymph fly pattern
Nymph

Polish Woven Nymph

The Polish Woven Nymph features a two-tone woven body that creates a durable, segmented abdomen rese

Sizes 10–16

Tungsten Jig Hares Ear fly pattern
Nymph

Tungsten Jig Hares Ear

The classic Hares Ear profile reimagined on a modern jig hook with a heavy tungsten bead for Euro ny

Sizes #12–#18