This slimmed down damsel nymph pattern has a marabou tail that moves with the swimming motion of the real insect, and a features a pulled over deer hair head that keeps this fly neutrally buoyant.
RIO's Palolo Slider is a unique tarpon worm meant to be skimmed in the surface film. The two tone foam sandwiched around a barred feather give this fly the look of the real deal.
This pattern represent grasshoppers and stoneflies but it's name refers to the uncontrollable frustration for trout who wish they didn't like it so much.
Using beads in a way that has not been done before, this pattern will bring eats from fish that would never consider the average soft hackle. With a tungsten bead, and a soft hackle collar, this fly is as good as it gets. SOLD AT THE UGLY BUG FLY SHOP
That rush of heat and perspiration that comes after a large meal of protein. We don't know if fish perspire, but we do know that they enjoy RIO's Meat Sweats. This jigged sculpin has a unique belly filled with lead to keep the hook up
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.