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It is a nymph fly with action from it's wiggle Mop tail. Too me it looks like a Periwinkle. But it is fished in all kinds of colors, representing many different things. Trout, Pan Fish and Bass love it. This design can be free drifted or swung. Size: 8 Hook I like the tail a little long, but it can be cut shorter if you want. Cut and use a little heat from a lighter to stop frays. Hackle: Black Pheasant Collar: UV Black Dubbing Also See: Mop Fly, Olive/Black (CLICK HERE) Mop Fly Flesh/Pink (CLICK HERE) 
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Design for big brown trout, but also works for Great Lakes Steelhead, Bull trout, Bass, Pike, Lake Trout, Tierra Del Fuego... This is one of Grabflies new baitfish imitations. Fly can be swung, stripped...
Baitfish leeches are tied and glued on a braid line with a trailer hook at the back (Tied with hook holder to help prevent hook fouling and hook can be rotated). This gives the fly greater action than a fly tied on a rigid hook and less fouling than an articulated fly. Front of fly is tied on 3/4 inch shank.
Fly is super glued through-out tying process.
Length: 3 - 3.5 inches Hook: Size 2, Owner SSW Hook
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The Dolly Llama is the ideal pattern for all your big streamer fishing needs. With it's lifelike movement and quick sinking ability it will get down immediately and be visible to the fish it's targeting. This pattern was designed originally designed with Alaska rainbows in mind and quickly became a staple for big trout everywhere. Dolly Llama, Olive/White - good sculpin imitation. Size 2 Hook
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Design for big Brown Trout, but also works for Bull Trout, Bass, Pike, Lake Trout, Tierra Del Fuego... This is one of Grabflies new baitfish imitations. Fly can be swung, stripped...
Baitfish leeches are tied and glued on a braid line with a trailer hook at the back (Tied with hook holder to help prevent hook fouling and hook can be rotated). This gives the fly greater action than a fly tied on a rigid hook and less fouling than an articulated fly. Front of fly is tied on 3/4 inch shank.
Fly is super glued through-out tying process.
Length: 3 inches Hook: Size 2, Owner SSW Hook
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Muddler, Size 4
The Muddler Minnow is one of the most popular fly patterns in the world.
When swinging the Muddler the fly moves in and out of the surface film, enticing Steelhead to the strike.
Muddlers are also fished subsurface with sinking tip lines. Muddlers because of their deer hair trap lots of shimmering bubbles of air that fish love. Tied by Aqua Flies.
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Marabou Tail Bugger Moal, Egg Sack by Grabflies. (Mother Of All Leeches) Fish love Rabbit and Marabou, and Woolly Buggers, but this fly has more movement as the fly is tied and glued on braid line for flexibility and swimming movement. The tail section has a small poly hook holder where the Marabou is tied. Hook holder also allows for rotation of the hook if needed.
Fly is 2.5 long, Size #2 SSW Owner Stinger/Bait style hook that easily hooks, and when barbless easily releases fish without much harm. Note: Fly is weighted, with heavy wire underneath Egg Sack Dubbing head. Weight is about the same as a bead. Great for Great Lakes Steelhead, Steelhead, Salmon, Trout, Bass...
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Marabou Tail Bugger by Grabflies, (Mother Of All Leeches) Fish love Rabbit and Marabou, and Woolly Buggers, but this fly has more movement as the fly is tied and glued on braid line for flexibility and swimming movement. The tail section has a small poly hook holder where the Marabou is tied. Hook holder also allows for rotation of the hook if needed.
Fly is 2.5 long, Size #2 SSW Owner Stinger/Bait style hook that easily hooks, and when barbless easily releases fish without much harm.
Good for Great Lakes Steelhead, Trout, Tierra Del Fuego, Bass...
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A cone head bugger with Caster's Squirmito Worm material used for a wiggle tail. Swing it in a river, or jig or strip it in still water. Size 6 hook.
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Grabflies - Black Rabbit Streamer A good Leech streamer for hungry trout, also works for Great Lakes Steelhead. Tied on a AHREX NS110 Streamer Hook, Size 6 - very sharp, quality hook.
Fly is tied and glued in every step of it's construction - tied to last. Four Flies in stock - ready to ship. Also see: White Rabbit Streamer (Click Here) | Olive Barred Rabbit Streamer (Click Here)
Brown Barred Rabbit Streamer (Click Here)
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Grabflies - Olive Barred Rabbit Streamer A good Sculpin bait fish/minnow streamer for hungry trout, also works for Great Lakes Steelhead. Tied on a AHREX NS110 Streamer Hook, Size 6 - very sharp, quality hook.
Fly is tied and glued in every step of it's construction - tied to last. Six Flies in stock - ready to ship. Also see: Black Rabbit Streamer (Click Here) | White Rabbit Streamer (Click Here)
Brown Barred Rabbit Streamer (Click Here)
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A Woolly Bugger but with an enticingly colored tungsten beadhead for added weight and attraction. When it doubt cast a Woolly Bugger. Swing it, Strip it = works! Size: 8
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Grabflies - Brown Barred Rabbit Streamer A good Sculpin bait fish/minnow streamer for hungry trout, also works for Great Lakes Steelhead. Tied on a AHREX NS110 Streamer Hook, Size 6 - very sharp, quality hook. Rabbit wing is tied on at head and hook butt.
Fly is tied and glued in every step of it's construction - tied to last. Four Flies in stock - ready to ship. Also see: Black Rabbit Streamer (Click Here) | White Rabbit Streamer (Click Here)
Olive Barred Rabbit Streamer (Click Here)
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Trout Moal Leeches - Swing them, Strip them, retrieve them in lakes - they produce. Moal leeches are tied entirely on a string with a trailer hook at the back. This gives the fly greater action than a fly tied on a rigid hook. More fish are landed with the Moal fly as well. Size: 2 - 2.5 inches Tied with a smaller size 4,2 SSW Owner hook. Now Grabflies is tying Moal Leeches in popular Trout colors. 6 lb. Bull Trout caught by Dave Robinson
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Swing this fly, Nymph this leech - it works for Steelhead, Trout, Bass, and Walleye. A good Summer Steelhead Fly, Fall Cutthroat.
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Surface and sub surface fly. Lots of action, long rabbit fur tails with flash and black deer hair heads.
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Muddler, Size 4
The Muddler Minnow is one of the most popular fly patterns in the world.
When swinging the Muddler the fly moves in and out of the surface film, enticing Steelhead to the strike.
Muddlers are also fished subsurface with sinking tip lines. Muddlers because of their deer hair trap lots of shimmering bubbles of air that fish love. Tied by Aqua Flies.
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The Yuk Bug can be used fly fishing for everything from trout (Searun Brown Trout in Tierra Del Fuego) smallmouth bass and steelhead. This big buggy looking nymph has lots of action and imitates a lot of different fish foods including stonefly. Size: Small #6 TDF Swing this fly or nymph it. Fly catches fish either way.
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The Carey Special needs no introduction. Fish it as a general attractor streamer near weeds or use it as a Caddis Pupa pattern up in BC when fishing the traveling sedge hatch. This pattern is traditionally a lake anglers staple, representing many things from damsel and dragonfly nymphs, to leeches, minnows and large mayfly nymphs. In recent times it has become one of the most effective large soft hackle patterns for swinging in rivers, where trout absolutely slam it. Size: 6
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Plenty of rivers have multiple species of both anadromous and resident fish at the same time. This makes for some amazing fishing, but also presents the issue of what pattern is the best pattern to use that has the greatest chance of a grab across all species. RIO's Make It Rainbow is that fly. This fly is a virtual steelhead magnet, while also grabbing the attention of large brown trout and rainbow trout at the same time. Got bull trout in the stream? Try the white, which we promise they can’t resist. Three in stock. Also See: White Mini Intruder Leech (Click Here)
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A variation of the Muddler Minnow using bunny as the body and a metal cone head in front of the trimmed deer hair. This is a great pattern for the searching of large meat eaters. Great for Browns, Great Lakes Steelhead, Rainbows, Tierra Del Fuego, Bass... Select Size below.
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Bullhead Leech custom fly tied and designed by Grabflies. Great for Steelhead, King Salmon - Low water, Trout (Bull Trout, Brown Trout...) and Bass NEW for 2020
This Muddler Style Deer Hair Head fly has lots of movement and silhouette. It is weighted with heavy wire and wrapped and glued over with Diamond Braid. The weight is added so this fly will sink and offset the floating deer hair which traps air. The rabbit strip wing is propped up by the bulbous thorax hidden behind the wing – see thumbnail photo, upper left. Head: Spun Deer Hair Length: 2.5 inches Size: 1 Owner SSW Hook Tied on a eyed shank Second Photo shows wire and Diamond Braid build up to weight fly and keep Rabbit wing off of hook.
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A Grabflies custom design. Sculpin are bait fish and found almost in all fresh water fisheries. Swinging Sculpin patterns are very popular in the Great Lakes for Steelhead and Alaska fishery, plus good for Trout and Bass... This pattern is unique in that it has cupped Guinea hackle tail over a size 2, trailing SSW Owner hook. Fly is 2.25 - 2.5 inches long. Tied on 20 lb doubled over braid line, like a Moal Leech. 
Sculpin with Guinea Tail (Out of Stock)
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CCFCCP = "Coo Coo For Cocoa Puffs" Four Colors Available: Purple/Pink, Pink/Orange, Black/Purple, Olive Designed to fish like a mini Squidro, this fly has more movement than just about any pattern. Designed for steelhead, this fly works exceptionally well on salmon and trout as well. Fly is 2 inches long, easy to cast and gets down quickly. Good for Steelhead, Great Lakes Steelhead, Salmon, Bass... - Fast Sinking with painted lead eyes
- Tied on a short shank with a long cable loop
- Can change hooks
- Very durable design
- Very compact and easy to cast
- Can be swung with a Skagit line, or drifted under a strike indicator
- Can be fished year around
- Perfect colors for winter or summer
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Same as the Woolly Bugger but with an enticingly colored tungsten beadhead for added weight and attraction. Swing it, strip it - WORKS. The hot head bead can act as an egg-sucking leech imitation if there are fish spawning somewhere in the watershed. In low water conditions of summer and early fall fish can be somewhat skittish. That’s where this fly excels, as it can be fished in any water flow and clarity! Size: 12
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RIO’s Pip Squeak Mouse is designed to look and perform like a real swimming mouse. The flesh colored legs kick under tension and simulate the frantic mouse moving through the water. The flesh colored ears give the angler a better visual as the fly tracks through the run. The bunny collar provides the right amount of “wet mouse” look without adding additional water weight. It also replicates the white chin that are on most mice. The ample foam keeps this mouse up on top churning out a realistic wake. The wire stinger material means you can also fish this for your favorite toothy fish, like Pike, and since this is tied with a #4 stinger hook, you’ll hook more of those short striking fish. Whether you’re chasing trophy Rainbows in Kamchatka or Alaska...or running night ops for big browns in your favorite local stream, RIO’s Pip Squeak Mouse will improve your chances of making the connection. 3” long.
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A cone head bugger with Caster's Squirmito Worm material used for a wiggle tail. Swing it in a river, or jig or strip it in still water. Size 6 hook.
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Grabflies RMO Sculpin Intruder tied with Rabbit (Brown), Marabou (Olive), and Ostrich (Olive) on a shank with trailing braid line to number 2 SSW Owner hook, thru hook holder tubing - Glow in the dark. Fly Size: 2.25 inches A Grabflies custom design. Sculpin are bait fish and found almost in all fresh water fisheries. Swinging Sculpin patterns are very popular in the Great Lakes for Steelhead and Alaska fishery, plus good for Trout and Bass...
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The Carey is by far one of the most popular lake fishing patterns in British Columbia. It is an exceptional trolling fly, and a great searching pattern. Swing this fly, Still water/lake fish this fly. It works. An attractor variation of the Carey Special. Size 6 hook Tied with Marabou Tail, and Pheasant Collar. The Carey Special traces its roots back to 1920 when Colonel Tom Carey and Dr. Lloyd Day collaborated on a pattern originally called the Monkey Faced Louise or Dredge. Their design featured a dense pheasant rump hackle and a dubbed fur body from a dead marmot Dr. Day had found on his drive to rendezvous with Colonel Carey for a fishing trip. Since this initial prototype, the Carey Special has undergone many mutations. Still, the fly’s core remains the same: a pheasant rump tail and hackle, coupled with a body using a variety of materials.
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A Woolly Bugger but with an enticingly colored tungsten beadhead for added weight and attraction. When it doubt cast a Woolly Bugger. Swing it, Strip it = works! Size: 8
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The Bow River in Calgary is the home of some large trout, and an excellent streamer river that this fly was named after. This pattern is deadly when a streamer is needed, and great for getting down and searching for those large trout. Good Sculpin Imitation Size: 2
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Olive Woolly Bugger: This is one of the best flies known to man and the ultimate streamer. It is great for Bass, Carp, Salmon, Steelhead, and Trout. Fish it dead drift or strip it. Always a go-to fly! Based from the Palmer which is one of the oldest of flies. Swing it - river, Strip it - works great in lakes. Fish it deep and strip it up in lakes for big trout. Size: 6
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Design for big trout, but also works for Steelhead, Bull Trout, Bass, Rainbows, Browns Tierra Del Fuego... This is Grabflies new baitfish imitation. Fly can be swung, stripped...
Tied on a shank, with trailing bait-stinger hook that is held in place by a flex tube and tinsel. It can bend when playing a fish – advantage, but will not foul when casting. Hook can also be rotated in tube. Fly is super glued through-out tying process.
Length: 2.5 – 3 inches Hook: Size 2, Owner, Barbless No Escape Hook, 4306-091 THREE IN STOCK
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This is my version of the Teeny Nymph. I have a gold tinsel tag on mine. Growing up as a young fly fisher I used this fly in Central Oregon, and caught so many trout with it - it became my go to fly. I swung this fly. I also used it in still water and it did good, but for me swinging this fly I did the best, and I caught lots of big browns with it. Fly is tied with Ringneck Pheasant Tail Feathers. I found the double bearded/legged version to be the best. I myself have caught Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, and Smallmouth Bass on the Teeny Nymph. Fly is unweighted
Tied on a Ahrex NS110 Nordic Salt Streamer Hook . I super glue the bare hook so when I wrap the Pheasant it adheres to the hook. Not too much glue but enough to help give this fly some longevity. Two sizes, 8, and 6
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CCFCCP = "Coo Coo For Cocoa Puffs" Four Colors Available: Purple/Pink, Pink/Orange, Black/Purple, Olive Designed to fish like a mini Squidro, this fly has more movement than just about any pattern. Designed for steelhead, this fly works exceptionally well on salmon and trout as well. Fly is 2 inches long, easy to cast and gets down quickly. Good for Steelhead, Great Lakes Steelhead, Salmon, Bass... - Fast Sinking with painted lead eyes
- Tied on a short shank with a long cable loop
- Can change hooks
- Very durable design
- Very compact and easy to cast
- Can be swung with a Skagit line, or drifted under a strike indicator
- Can be fished year around
- Perfect colors for winter or summer
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Iconic Pattern that is very “buggy” and imitates many food sources found in many waters. Swing this fly, nymph this fly = WORKS Great for: Trout - Browns, Rainbows, Small Mouth Bass, Great lakes Steelhead...
Tail: Body: Hares Ear Fur Gold Tinsel ribbing Peacock Thorax Partridge hackle Red Thread Hook: Daiichi 1760 Size 6 Nymph/Wet Fly Hook, Short Shank (like a size 8, 10) Short hook, strong enough to land a 20 lb fish on. 8 Flies in Stock
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Tierra Del Fuego Bead Head Miller's Electric Leech Size: 4 Design for big trout in Tierra Del Fuego but works great for big trout in almost all rivers and lakes. Also great for Steelhead. Swing it, Strip it...
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Another variant of the Carey Special can simulate many insects, including dragonfly nymphs, caddis nymphs, mayfly nymphs, and leeches. P = Pheasant, Body is olive with golden/brown sparkle dubbing ribbing. Fish them in Rivers - Swing, Fish them in Lakes - sink and retreive = Fish On! Tied on a Daiichi #1760 Size 6 Nymph/Wet Fly Hook (Short Shank, Strong Hook) Six flies in Stock - ready to ship.
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The Woolly Bugger is the most recognizable, and likely the most commonly fished streamer fly ever tied. The woolly bugger attracts fish in fast or slow water, rivers, ponds, and lakes, in dirty water or spring creeks. It imitates crayfish, minnows, sculpin, leeches, and many other natural foods trout love.
White Woolly Buggers represents bait fish, minnows, shiners, so they're great for meat eatting Trout like Browns, Bull Trout, Big Rainbow Trout, Great lakes Steelhead, Bass, Pike, Tierra Del Fuego... I tie this bugger with long white soft Schlappen hackle - good movement in the water and fills in for the body of a minnow.
Tied on a AHREX NS110 Streamer Hook, Size 4 - very sharp, quality hook. Six flies in stock - ready to ship.
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Grabflies "White Rabbit" A good minnow/bait fish streamer for hungry trout, also works for Great Lakes Steelhead. Tied on a AHREX NS110 Streamer Hook, Size 6 - very sharp, quality hook.
Fly is tied and glued in every step of it's construction - tied to last. Four Flies in stock - ready to ship. Also see: Black Rabbit Streamer (Click Here) | Olive Barred Rabbit Streamer (Click Here)
Brown Barred Rabbit Streamer (Click Here)
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Grabflies Muskegon Leech inspired for the Muskegon River, Michigan. A good bait fish pattern. Fly is three inches long. Tied like a Moal Leech for movement. Three colors of rabbit - Olive, Yellow, Tan. Mallard Collar with Olive dubbing head and Barbell eyes. Fly is good for Greak Lakes Steelhead, Migratory Brown Trout, Native Brown Trout, Tierra del Fuego, Lake trout, Big Hungry Rainbow trout, Bass... Hook: Size 2 SSW Owner Hook Holder tubing allows hook to be positioned, rotated.
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Using nymphs for steelhead and sea run-brown trout in Tierra del Fuego can be a very effective technique. In the rivers of the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest, nymphing is quickly becoming the go-to method for many anglers fishing for steelhead. The hooks used for our nymphs are stout enough to hold the heaviest steelhead or the sea run browns of Tierra del Fuego. Nymph it, or Swing it = works!
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It is a nymph fly with action from it's wiggle Mop tail. Too me it looks like a Periwinkle. But it is fished in all kinds of colors, representing many different things. Trout, Pan Fish and Bass love it. This design can be free drifted or swung. Size: 8 Hook I like the tail a little long, but it can be cut shorter if you want. Cut and use a little heat from a lighter to stop frays. Hackle: Black Pheasant Collar: UV Black Dubbing Also See: Mop Fly, Tan/Black (CLICK HERE) Mop Fly Flesh/Pink (CLICK HERE)
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A good leech for Lake Fishing. Cast let it sink and retrieve. Also a good pattern for swinging as it has lots of movement like a bugger that imitates lots of aquatic insects.
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 "Cone Head Wiggle Tail Bugger, Black")
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 "Hot Head Woolly Bugger TB Black and Metallic Red")
 "Brown Barred Rabbit Streamer")
 "Trout Moal Leech")
 "TDF BH Black UV Leech")
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 "Muddler Minnow, Gold, size 4")
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 "MAKE IT RAINBOW, White")
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 "Tail Sculpin String Leech")
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 "Hot Head Woolly Bugger TB Black & Hot Orange")
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 "Cone Head Wiggle Tail Bugger, Olive")
 "RMO Sculpin Intruder")
 "Copper Bead Head Carey Bugger")
 "Hot Head Woolly Bugger TB Olive and Chartreuse")
 "Cone Head Bow River Bugger, Olive")
 "Woolly Bugger, Olive")
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 "GF Teeny Nymph")
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 "TDF Bead Head Miller's Electric Leech")
 "Carey P")
 "Woolly Bugger, White")
 "White Rabbit Streamer")
 "Muskegon Leech")
 "TDF Cone Bugger Rubber Legs, Size 4")
 "Mop Fly, Olive/Black")
 "Stillwater Leech Burnt Orange/Olive. Size 8")