Red Variant

Stone Creek™ Red Variant

The Stone Creek™ Red Variant is a classic attractor dry fly known for its bright red body, heavily hackled profile, and exceptional flotation. A longtime favorite among trout anglers, this versatile pattern is designed to suggest a variety of mayflies and other adult aquatic insects while providing the visibility and buoyancy needed to fish effectively in fast-moving water.

The heavily hackled construction allows the Red Variant to ride high on the surface, making it an excellent choice for riffles, pocket water, broken currents, and freestone streams where trout often have only a brief opportunity to inspect a fly. Its bright red body serves as a strong visual trigger, helping attract opportunistic fish even when no specific hatch is present.

Whether used as a searching pattern, attractor fly, or general dry fly, the Red Variant continues to earn a place in fly boxes wherever trout are found.

Features:
• Bright red attractor body
• Heavy hackle for superior flotation
• Highly visible in rough and fast water
• Excellent searching and prospecting fly
• Durable high-floating dry fly design
• Effective in rivers, streams, riffles, and pocket water
• Proven trout-catching attractor pattern

Imitates:
• Mayflies
• Adult Aquatic Insects
• General Attractor Patterns

Available Sizes:
• #12
• #14
• #16
• #18

Fishing Tips:
Fish with a drag-free drift through riffles, seams, runs, and pocket water where trout are actively feeding near the surface. The Red Variant excels in broken currents where its buoyancy and visibility help maintain a natural presentation.