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Your Go-To Fly Patterns for Smallmouth Bass

If you haven’t tried chasing smallmouth bass with a fly rod, you’re in for a treat. These fish are the perfect mix of power ...
A lot of angers get overwhelmed when searching for the best bass flies. They see the staggering number of soft plastics, jigs, and other baits used by the conventional crowd and think they have to ...
Some people live for the blow of a big largemouth creaming a swimbait. Others can’t get enough of smallmouth erupting on Spooks walking across the surface. And, sure, I love those things too, but come ...
Surf fishing and flyfishing are both challenging. It might be easy to assume, then, that combining the two would present the ultimate angling test. But in reality, it’s a lot less daunting than many ...
, fast-shooting heads, fast-drying UV resin, and even pre-made wings, legs, and tails that let you whip up flies faster than ever. This might be why spun-hair bass bugs aren’t commonplace in fly boxes ...