Redd's Favorite Trico

Redd’s Favorite Trico is a small dry fly designed for technical trout feeding on tiny mayflies. It is especially useful during trico hatches, but it can also imitate small PMDs and BWOs.

It primarily imitates adult tricos, but its small mayfly profile also makes it a good match for other small mayflies like PMDs and BWOs when trout are sipping delicate bugs on the surface.

Fish it during trico hatches, morning spinner falls, calm tailouts, slow seams, slick pools, and flat water where trout are rising softly. Tricos often bring picky fish to the surface, so this is a strong choice when trout are eating tiny dries and ignoring larger patterns.

Fish it on light tippet with a delicate presentation. Cast upstream or slightly across, give it a drag-free drift, and watch carefully for subtle rises. In difficult light or broken water, trail it behind a slightly more visible dry fly.

It gives trout a small, natural-looking mayfly profile during one of the most selective hatches of the season. When trout are keyed in on tiny surface insects, a properly sized trico pattern can be the difference between refusals and eats.