FATC Fly Starter Kit

A well-stocked fly box starts with proven patterns. The FATC Fly Starter Kit, assembled for Fly Fishers at the Crossing (FATC), brings together a carefully selected assortment of dry flies, nymphs, wet flies, and streamers designed to cover a broad range of trout fishing conditions and techniques.

Built around productive patterns for Missouri's trout waters and beyond, this collection gives anglers the versatility to fish throughout the water column. From small Zebra Midges and Blue Winged Olives to Woolly Buggers and Ruby Eyed Leeches, every pattern serves a purpose. Whether you're fishing spring creeks, tailwaters, or freestone streams, this kit provides a solid foundation for matching prevalent food sources and adapting to changing conditions.

Performance

Subsurface presentations: Tungsten Zebra Midges, Duracell Jigs, Scuds, San Juan Worms, and Mop Flies cover a broad range of nymphing situations. Tungsten-weighted patterns get down quickly, while scuds, worms, and attractor patterns provide productive alternatives when traditional mayfly and midge imitations aren't producing.

Dry fly fishing: Blue Winged Olives, Elk Hair Caddis, Griffith's Gnats, and Rubber Legged Stimulators cover everything from small surface-feeding trout to aggressive opportunistic rises. Cracklebacks and Renegades add versatile attractor options that can be fished across different water conditions.

Wet flies and emergers: Soft Hackles offer a highly effective approach to imitating emerging aquatic insects. Fish them on the swing, through riffles, or just beneath the surface when trout are feeding on ascending insects.

Streamers: Bead Head Woolly Buggers and Ruby Eyed Leeches provide larger profiles for targeting aggressive trout, probing deeper holding water, and fishing when increased flow or reduced visibility calls for a more substantial offering.

What's included

Nymphs and subsurface patterns

• 4 Tungsten Zebra Midges – Feather Craft

• 4 RIO Scuds – RIO

• 2 Tungsten Bead Head San Juan Worms – Solitude Flies

• 2 Duracell Jigs (Tungsten, Barbless) – Fulling Mill

• 2 Matt's Mop Flies – Feather Craft

• 2 Glo Bug Eggs – Solitude Flies

Dry flies and attractors

• 2 Cracklebacks – Feather Craft

• 1 Griffith's Gnat – Solitude Flies

• 3 Elk Hair Caddis – Solitude Flies

• 2 Rubber Legged Stimulators – Solitude Flies

• 2 Blue Winged Olives – Solitude Flies

• 2 Renegades – Solitude Flies

Wet flies

• 3 Soft Hackles – Umpqua

Streamers

• 4 Bead Head Woolly Buggers – RIO

• 2 Ruby Eyed Leeches – Umpqua

Key features

• 15 proven fly patterns covering dry flies, nymphs, wet flies, and streamers

• Effective for Missouri trout fisheries and a wide variety of waters nationwide

• Includes tungsten-weighted nymphs for reaching deeper feeding zones

• Covers common aquatic insects, attractors, eggs, worms, and baitfish/leech imitations

• Features flies from Feather Craft, RIO, Solitude Flies, Umpqua, and Fulling Mill

• Assembled for Fly Fishers at the Crossing (FATC) anglers