Yellow Sally

Yellow Sally — Summer's Most Reliable Stonefly Pattern

Every summer, small yellow stoneflies blanket rivers across the West and East alike — and trout go absolutely wild for them. The Yellow Sally is the go-to imitation for these hatches, and our standard tie nails the profile, color, and silhouette that triggers surface strikes when the bugs are flying. Whether fish are keyed in on the Yellow Sally specifically or just looking up for anything yellow and buggy, this fly gets eaten.

Pattern Details

• Style: Dry fly stonefly imitation
• Color: Yellow — matches the small yellow stonefly (Isoperla) and similar summer species
• Profile: Low-riding, realistic stonefly silhouette — effective dead-drifted or skated
• Sizes available: 10, 12

Dead-drift it through a riffle, skate it across the surface, or twitch it to imitate a struggling adult — when summer stoneflies are hatching, the Yellow Sally is the fly to have on.