SCI FLIES Dry Flies – Yellowfish

The SCI FLIES Dry Flies Yellowfish Pack is a carefully selected collection of seven buoyant and highly visible dry-fly patterns designed specifically for anglers targeting surface-feeding yellowfish in rivers and stillwaters.

Yellowfish can be opportunistic surface feeders, particularly when aquatic insects and terrestrial insects become available. This selection combines mayfly imitations, emergers, beetles, flying ants, and grasshopper patterns, giving anglers a versatile range of presentations for different insect activity and fishing conditions.

The selection includes highly visible patterns for fast-moving water, subtle mayfly imitations for selective fish, and terrestrial patterns for warmer months when beetles, ants, and grasshoppers become an important food source.

With patterns such as the Foam Wing Hopper-Lime, Grizzly Klinkhamer-Olive, Parachute BWO-Olive, Hi-Vis Beetle-Black, Flying Ant-Black, Adams-Dun, and Hare's Ear Parachute-Natural, this pack provides an excellent foundation for yellowfish dry-fly fishing.

Fly Pack Contents

1. Foam Wing Hopper – Lime

The Foam Wing Hopper-Lime is a highly buoyant grasshopper imitation designed to create a noticeable surface profile and remain afloat in challenging conditions.

Its bright lime colour provides excellent visibility, while the foam construction gives the fly the buoyancy required for turbulent water and longer drifts. Its size and flotation also make it suitable for use as a highly visible dry fly in a dry-and-dropper setup.

Key Features:

• High-buoyancy foam construction.

• Lime colourway for increased visibility.

• Grasshopper/terrestrial profile.

• Excellent in windy conditions.

• Suitable for turbulent water.

• Can be used as a strike-indicator fly in suitable rigs.

2. Grizzly Klinkhamer – Olive

The Grizzly Klinkhamer-Olive is an emerger-style pattern designed to sit low in the surface film, imitating an insect transitioning from its aquatic nymph stage to an adult mayfly.

Its olive colouration provides a natural presentation, while the Klinkhamer-style profile is particularly useful when yellowfish are feeding on emerging insects rather than fully emerged adults.

Key Features:

• Olive colourway.

• Klinkhamer emerger profile.

• Sits low in the surface film.

• Suitable for mayfly activity.

• Natural presentation for selective fish.

3. Parachute BWO – Olive

The Parachute BWO-Olive imitates a Blue-Winged Olive-style mayfly resting on the water. Its parachute construction provides a visible footprint while allowing the fly to maintain a relatively natural presentation.

This pattern is particularly useful during calm or overcast conditions when mayfly activity brings yellowfish to the surface.

Key Features:

• Olive BWO colouration.

• Mayfly imitation.

• Parachute design.

• High-visibility profile.

• Excellent for surface-feeding yellowfish.

• Useful during mayfly activity.

4. Hi-Vis Beetle – Black

The Hi-Vis Beetle-Black combines a dark terrestrial beetle profile with a high-visibility indicator section. The black body creates a strong silhouette against the water while the brighter indicator makes the fly easier for the angler to track.

This is particularly useful when fishing close to banks, vegetation, overhanging trees, and other areas where terrestrial insects naturally enter the water.

Key Features:

• Black beetle profile.

• High-visibility indicator.

• Excellent surface tracking.

• Terrestrial imitation.

• Suitable for bank and structure fishing.

• Effective during warm-weather terrestrial activity.

5. Flying Ant – Black

The Flying Ant-Black imitates winged ants that become available to yellowfish during seasonal ant activity. When flying ants fall onto the water, they can trigger aggressive surface feeding, making an ant imitation an important pattern to carry.

The dark body provides a strong silhouette against the surface and is particularly useful when fish are actively feeding on small terrestrial insects.

Key Features:

• Black flying-ant imitation.

• Designed for surface presentation.

• Excellent during ant swarms.

• Strong terrestrial silhouette.

• Useful for summer yellowfish fishing.

6. Adams – Dun

The Adams-Dun is a classic general-purpose dry fly that provides a versatile representation of a range of mayfly and other small aquatic insects.

Its neutral colouring makes it a useful searching pattern when fish are feeding on the surface but the exact insect species is not immediately obvious.

Key Features:

• Classic Adams-style dry fly.

• Neutral dun colouration.

• General-purpose mayfly imitation.

• Suitable for searching water.

• Versatile river and stillwater pattern.

7. Hare's Ear Parachute – Natural

The Hare's Ear Parachute-Natural combines the proven buggy profile of a Hare's Ear with a parachute design that improves surface visibility.

Its natural colouring makes it suitable for imitating a range of aquatic insects, while the parachute post makes the fly easier to follow during long drifts and when fishing faster water.

Key Features:

• Natural Hare's Ear colourway.

• Parachute construction.

• Highly visible on the water.

• Buggy, natural profile.

• Excellent for riffles and flowing water.

• Versatile searching pattern.

Key Features

• 7-pattern yellowfish dry-fly selection.

• Designed for surface-feeding yellowfish.

• Suitable for rivers and stillwaters.

• Combination of aquatic and terrestrial insect imitations.

• Includes mayflies, emergers, beetles, ants, and grasshoppers.

• High-visibility patterns for easier tracking.

• Natural patterns for selective fish.

• Excellent selection for changing seasonal conditions.

• Suitable for beginners and experienced yellowfish anglers.

Pack Contents

Total: 7 fly patterns

Fishing Applications

The SCI FLIES Yellowfish Dry Fly Pack is designed to cover a wide range of surface-feeding situations.

Mayfly Activity

When yellowfish are actively feeding on emerging or adult mayflies, patterns such as the Grizzly Klinkhamer-Olive, Parachute BWO-Olive, Adams-Dun, and Hare's Ear Parachute-Natural provide different ways to imitate insects at or near the surface.

Terrestrial Fishing

During warmer periods, terrestrial insects can become an important food source. Hi-Vis Beetle-Black, Flying Ant-Black, and Foam Wing Hopper-Lime provide imitations of insects that naturally fall or are blown into the water.

Fast Water

The parachute and highly buoyant patterns are particularly useful when fishing riffles and faster currents, where visibility and flotation become important.

Stillwater

The selection can also be used on dams and stillwaters when yellowfish are actively feeding near the surface. Slower presentations and longer drifts can help keep the fly within the feeding zone.

Ideal Applications

• Yellowfish Fly Fishing

• Dry-Fly Fishing

• River Fishing

• Stillwater Fishing

• Mayfly Fishing

• Terrestrial Fishing

• Hopper Fishing

• Beetle Fishing

• Flying-Ant Fishing

• Riffle Fishing

• Surface Feeding Fish

Target Species

Primary Target:

• Yellowfish

Also suitable for other freshwater species that feed on terrestrial and aquatic insects.