Delaware River Tailwater Trout Fly Selection – 42 Custom Flies

A guide-selected collection of 42 custom trout flies designed for the highly selective trout of the Delaware River system and other challenging tailwater fisheries.

Description

Designed for and proven on the East and West Branches of the Delaware River.

The Delaware River Tailwater Trout Fly Selection is a carefully assembled collection of 42 custom fly patterns designed and fished by Capt. Ken Tutalo. With 50 years of experience fishing the Delaware system and thousands of days guiding these waters, Capt. Ken has learned what it takes to fool its notoriously selective trout.

This is a summer-through-autumn selection, built around the smaller, more precise fly patterns that become especially important from July through the fall. The flies range in size from #16 to #20, giving anglers a collection of realistic presentations for trout that inspect every offering.

Inside you'll find 42 flies, including a dozen of Capt. Ken's custom patterns, along with a carefully chosen mix of nymphs, soft hackles, emergers, cripples, CDC knock-down duns, spinners, and dry flies.

Although designed specifically for the East and West Branches of the Delaware, these patterns are equally useful on other tailwater and trout rivers where fish are pressured, selective, and difficult to fool.

Why We Fish It

There are days when you can see trout feeding but can't get them to take anything in your fly box. The challenge is often not finding the fish—it's identifying the insects they're eating and choosing the right size, stage, and presentation.

This selection gives you a range of proven patterns to work through those situations. With nymphs, emergers, crippled duns, spinners, and dry flies represented, you can adjust to the different stages of an insect hatch instead of relying on one type of fly.

When to Fish It

This selection is intended primarily for summer through autumn, especially from July onward, when Delaware River trout often become highly selective and smaller flies in sizes #16–#20 can be critical.

It is particularly useful on the East and West Branches of the Delaware, as well as other tailwaters and rivers with heavily pressured trout.

What's Included

• Total flies: 42 custom trout flies

• Pattern types: Nymphs, soft hackles, emergers, cripples, CDC knock-down duns, spinners, and dry flies

• Custom patterns: Includes one dozen of Capt. Ken's custom nymphs and other guide-selected patterns

• Fly sizes: #16–#20

• Season: Summer through autumn

• Fly box: Anglers Image 6-compartment fly box

Capt. Ken's Guide Experience

Capt. Ken Tutalo has spent 50 years fishing the Delaware River system and has guided thousands of days on these waters. This selection reflects that experience: patterns chosen for their effectiveness against selective trout, not simply because they look good in a fly box.

The exact flies shown in the product photographs are the flies you will receive. Your 42-fly selection arrives organized in an Anglers Image six-compartment fly box, ready for your next day on the water.