Our buddy Brian Chou’s Fortune Cookie was born on the Yakima River in Washington and, with a few color changes, has adapted itself famously to trout, steelhead, and smallmouth bass rivers from coast to coast. Streamlined and castable, with a sweet trailing hook, this pattern is perfect for single hand fishing from a boat AND trout Spey fishing on foot.

Fun fact: Brian and Matt Klara are long time buddies both on and off the water, and the Fortune Cookie is one of the key inpirations behind Matt’s Swing Mint and Gingerbread Man Buggers, which not only carry on the theme of catching fish but also the cookie themed names!