Since the creation of Rio's Precious Metal, it has proven to be worthy in every fishery it's been tested in - from the Missouri River to the Arkansas - and it keeps producing fish.
RIO's Dread Pirate is no myth, but a deadly tarpon fly with eyes are made from RIO's Kahuna LT strike indicator - allowing this fly to sink horizontally.
The skwala stone is one of the first big bugs to emerge in the spring. This pattern has a foam egg sack, hackles and rubber legs for profile and floatation.
The Rio Two Tone Indicator tippet has hard color breaks every 8 inches to allow anglers to get visual cues when tight line nymphing. The best indicator material for building sighters for European Style Nymphing.
Designed with lead eyes to jig along the bottom, the RIO's Muffin Top is a perfect all around warmwater bass fly and flood tide redfish fly. It has also proven as an effective fly in the California Delta for smallmouth and Puget Sound for saltwater perch.
This pattern is a considered to be a general attractor nymph which can represent several types of aquatic insects. It's unique materials give this fly a rusty brown appearance.
RIO Products is located in Idaho Falls, in SE Idaho. The company was founded in 1990 by Jim Vincent and was sold to Far Bank Enterprises in 2005 (Far Bank also owns the fly fishing brands of Sage and Redington).
RIO has approximately 75 full time employees. A large percentage of employees are passionate fly fishers, traveling the world in pursuit of their hobby, and their experiences and product testing opportunities are a major factor in RIO's success. All fly lines are made with great pride in the US at the manufacturing facility in Idaho Falls.