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Kirks Spoon Streamer
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
"A OK. BUT--they are bent @ just about a 45 degree angle. Hooked lots of fish but they kept getting off till I straightened the spoon, then worked fine..Presumably the bend puts some spin on the thing"...(read full reviews)
Monomoy Flatwing
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
"I was turned onto the fly when fishing the namesake flats, but has proved a great fly on LI sound stripping blind or casting to rising fish on sod banks. The fly also works well fishing inlet/outlets"...(read full reviews)
Half And Half
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
"I ran into a school of dophin off Marathon key in Florida where a school of dolphin couldn't resist the chartruse and white half and half. I caght maybe 18 fish in 30 minutes and some of them I caught"...(read full reviews)
Peterson Spawning Shrimp
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
"I went to Andros for a 3-day trip. I tied on a Peterson shrimp on the first day and it was taken by every bonefish I reached in the creeks and flats. I tried a Gotcha for one cast in Little Creek and"...(read full reviews)
Bonefish Clouser Foxy Red
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
"Fished this fly in the Marls of Abaco. Fish jumped all over it!"...(read full reviews)
Enrico's Bay Anchovy
Overall Rating: 5 out of 5
"I use this fly on the west coast of Fla. when early morning snook fishing but it also works as a good bass or larger panfish minnow. Try it in lakes with big bass and just slowly strip it in with"...(read full reviews)
Cowen's Baitfish
Overall Rating: 4.667 out of 5
"Fishing a Chartreuse/White Cowen's Baitfish pattern for striper on Lake Sidney Lanier in GA, I hooked into what I thought was an average sized striper based on the way the fish was digging to the"...(read full reviews)
Lefty's Deceiver
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5
"Spanked roaming albies from the beach on this fly, very durable to last me the day and imitates the rainfish well... a picture speaks a thousand words!"...(read full reviews)
Livebait Fly/Flexo Streamer
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5
"Used this fly for docklight fishing around Tampa Bay the last few days and did well on snook and trout. Wish it came in a little smaller size too but the size 2 worked well."...(read full reviews)
Mikkleson's Epoxy Bait Fish
Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5
"this fly is very effective for many different species but i found it most effecttive for false albacore in the northeast in the early fall. this pattern has been as a go-to albie fly, i love this"...(read full reviews)
Softy Minnow
Overall Rating: 4.4 out of 5
"I had my doubts about the Gummy Minnow until I tied one on and cast it into the Captiva Island (FL) beach surf. The snook went absolutely crazy for it (size 2 in pearl) as did the ladyfish, spanish"...(read full reviews)
Cowen's Magnum Baitfish
Overall Rating: 4.333 out of 5
"Back in Nov 2007, Joan Sharrot of Staten Island, NY caught a 27+ lb striped bass on 20 lb test tippet that shattered the current women's record by over 6 lbs. Joan was using the olive bunker version"...(read full reviews)
Rattle Eye Minnows
Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5
"I tried this fly out yesterday on a pretty tough lake - Lake Santa Margarita in California. It gets beat up pretty bad by bass tournaments all year, so flyfishing gives the bass something different to"...(read full reviews)
Clouser Minnow
Overall Rating: 4.214 out of 5
"I caught my first salt water fish with clouser from orvis. It was a 13" flounder, nothing impressive, but still this fly has a special place in my box."...(read full reviews)
Burke's Hot Flash Minnow
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
"This fly is great for big rainbows and cutthroats, on the right day, at the right depth, the trout just can't resist this fly."...(read full reviews)
Hall's Perfect Crab
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
"Hall's Perfect Crab really is! Work it slow, the big bones can't resist."...(read full reviews)
Bead Eye Clouser
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
"The bead chain eyes on this make it an excellent choice for shallow flats fishing. It has the same action as a clouser minnow...but without the "plop"."...(read full reviews)
Flexo Popper
Overall Rating: 4 out of 5
"This popper has been excellent during the fall blitzes for both stripers and blues. I highly recommend the Flexo Popper for times when the fish are hitting the surface!"...(read full reviews)