NymphintermediateGreat Lakes
$4.50
Ray Schmidt spent decades guiding on the Pere Marquette and Manistee rivers, and this nymph distills that experience into something you can tie on a hook. The hot bead says 'Look at me' while the stonefly body says 'Eat me.' Great Lakes steelhead apparently find this combination irresistible, the way you find a gas station breakfast burrito irresistible at five in the morning on the way to the river.
Pere Marquette River
MI · Tributary
Manistee River
MI · Tributary
Muskegon River
MI · Tributary
Map unavailable. Locations for Schmidt's Hot Bead Stone: Pere Marquette River, MI; Manistee River, MI; Muskegon River, MI
NymphbeginnerGreat Lakes
#8 - #14
Weighted prince nymph variation with biot tails and peacock herl body. Imitates stonefly and mayfly nymphs in Great Lakes tributaries. Essential in any steelhead nymph box.
Steelhead · Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout
NymphintermediateGreat Lakes
#6 - #10
Weighted Hexagenia nymph pattern designed for Indiana's St. Joseph River and Eagle Creek. Rubber legs and a broad, flat body imitate the burrowing mayfly nymphs that steelhead and brown trout feed on in the river's silty substrate.
Steelhead · Brown Trout · Smallmouth Bass
NymphintermediateGreat Lakes
#4 - #8
Realistic dobsonfly larva imitation. Dark body, rubber legs, weighted. The protein bar of the smallmouth world, found under rocks in clean river current.
Smallmouth Bass · Brown Trout
NymphintermediateGreat Lakes
#10 - #14
Dark-bodied mayfly nymph imitating the Isonychia bicolor, a large swimmer nymph that Great Lakes trout key on during summer and fall hatches. White or cream legs are the telltale trigger.
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout
NymphbeginnerRocky Mountain West
#12 - #20
Tied by Satoshi Yamamoto
John Barr's tungsten-headed nymph. Sinks fast, flashes bright. The most productive nymph in the West.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Mountain Whitefish
NymphbeginnerRocky Mountain West
#14 - #20
Frank Sawyer's original, perfected by American tiers. Pheasant tail fiber body, copper wire rib. The most important nymph ever tied.
Rainbow Trout · Brown Trout · Cutthroat Trout · Brook Trout · Mountain Whitefish