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How To Tie: Pass's PhotoShrimp | A Caribbean Bonefish Fly
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: shrimp
Target species: bonefish, permit, redfish
Where to fish: flats
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How To Tie: Gummy Minnow | Everything Eats A Baitfish
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Favorite for: Docklights and beach glass minnow run
How To Tie: Pass's Peacock Whistle | A Peacock Bass Fly
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 10-15 minutes
Favorite for: Peacock Bass
How To Tie: Pass's Guide Shrimp | The PERFECT Bonefish Fly
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Favorite for: Bonefish
How To Tie: Mikes Snook Slider
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Favorite for: Snook in super shallow water where you need to keep the fly off the ground
How To Tie: SF Bendback Baitfish
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Favorite for: Weedless! Our favorite beach snook fly when there's sargassum in the water
How to Tie: The Sheep Mullet
Difficulty: super easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Favorite for: Being the easiest and quickest large baitfish/mullet fly to tie
How to Tie: The Finesse Changer
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 15-20 minutes
Favorite for: The eats. Love it when a large fish eats a large/hearty fly
How to Tie: The Kwan
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Favorite for: Our confidence bonefish fly. We feel like we could put this in front of any bonefish anywhere in the world and have a good chance of getting the eat
How to Tie: Giacobba's Blue Claw
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Favorite for: Our redfish confidence fly. Crazy how recklessly we've seen backcountry redfish and snook attack this fly
How to Tie: Bunny Tarpon Toad
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Favorite for: Our tarpon confidence fly. If we could only fish one fly for any size tarpon anywhere in the world, it'd be a toad
How To Tie: The Eat Me Fly
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 15-20 minutes
Favorite for: Our beach snook, false albacore and dolphin (mahi) confidence fly. Imitates pilchards really nicely
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How To Tie: Backcountry Shrimp
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp
Target species: tarpon, snook
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How to Tie: Bonefish Gotcha
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: bonefish
Where to fish: flats
How To Tie: Bruce Chard Permit Choker Crab
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, crab, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: bonefish, permit
Where to fish: flats
How to Tie: Bunny Tarpon Toad
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: tarpon
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How To Tie: EP Baitfish
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish...
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass...
Where to fish: flats, backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: Faux Bucktail Clouser
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish...
Target species: bonefish, permit, tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass...
Where to fish: flats, backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: Flexo Crab
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: crab
Target species: bonefish, permit
Where to fish: flats
How to Tie: Giacobba's Backcountry Gurgler
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass...
Where to fish: backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How to Tie: Giacobba's Blue Claw
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, crab
Target species: bonefish, redfish
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How to Tie: Giacobba's Doofus
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: tarpon, snook, seatrout
Where to fish: backcountry
How to Tie: Giacobba's Skrimp
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp
Target species: tarpon, snook, seatrout
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How To Tie: Gummy Minnow | Everything Eats A Baitfish
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish
Target species: tarpon, snook, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass, rainbow trout...
Where to fish: backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: Hamilton’s Cuda Tube
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: mackerel, barracuda
Where to fish: flats, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways
How To Tie: Kendrick's Bama Crab
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, crab, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: bonefish, permit, redfish, seatrout
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How To Tie: Kendrick's Wooly Mantis
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: shrimp
Target species: bonefish, permit, redfish, seatrout
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How To Tie: Mikes Snook Slider
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass, seatrout...
Where to fish: backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: Offshore Mahi Baitfish | A Pelagic Treat
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish
Target species: false albacore, blackfin tuna, dolphin (mahi), mackerel, barracuda
Where to fish: bluewater/offshore
How to Tie: Pass Frog
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: frog
Target species: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, snakeheads
Where to fish: warmwater lakes/ponds/rivers/canals
How To Tie: Pass's Guide Shrimp | The PERFECT Bonefish Fly
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: bonefish, permit, snook, redfish
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How To Tie: Pass's Peacock Whistle | A Peacock Bass Fly
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: leach, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass, rainbow trout, brown trout
Where to fish: warmwater lakes/ponds/rivers/canals, coldwater lakes/ponds/rivers
How To Tie: Pass's PhotoShrimp | A Caribbean Bonefish Fly
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: shrimp
Target species: bonefish, permit, redfish
Where to fish: flats
How To Tie: Richie's Frumpy Toad
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: frog
Target species: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass
Where to fish: warmwater lakes/ponds/rivers/canals
How To Tie: Richies Poppin Prawn
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: shrimp
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, snakeheads
Where to fish: backcountry, warmwater lakes/ponds/rivers/canals
How To Tie: Rudys Schmavalon | A Practical Beach Snook Pattern
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish...
Target species: tarpon, snook, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass, seatrout...
Where to fish: flats, backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: SF Bendback Baitfish
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish
Target species: tarpon, snook, false albacore, blackfin tuna, dolphin (mahi), mackerel, barracuda, seatrout, jack crevalle, bluefish, striped bass
Where to fish: bluewater/offshore, surf
How To Tie: Tarpon Snake
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: mullet/large baitfish, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: tarpon
Where to fish: backcountry
How To Tie: The Brushy Baitfish
Difficulty: super easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass, seatrout...
Where to fish: backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: The Eat Me Fly
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish...
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass...
Where to fish: flats, backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How to Tie: The Finesse Changer
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish...
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass...
Where to fish: backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: The Foam Palolo
Difficulty: super easy | Time: 1-5 minutes
Imitates: palolo worm
Target species: tarpon
Where to fish: flats
How To Tie: The Go-To Joe
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, crab, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: bonefish, redfish
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How to Tie: The Golden Gotcha
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: bonefish
Where to fish: flats
How To Tie: The Keel Crab
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: crab
Target species: permit
Where to fish: flats
How to Tie: The Kwan
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, crab, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: bonefish, permit, redfish
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How To Tie: The Polar Fiber Minnow
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish...
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass...
Where to fish: flats, backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: The Polar Toad
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: tarpon
Where to fish: flats, backcountry
How To Tie: The Red Jig Slider
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, crawfish
Target species: redfish, largemouth bass
Where to fish: backcountry, warmwater lakes/ponds/rivers/canals
How To Tie: The Sad Flea
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: bonefish
Where to fish: flats
How To Tie: The Shark Bait Fly
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: sharks
Where to fish: flats, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways, bluewater/offshore, surf
How to Tie: The Sheep Mullet
Difficulty: super easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: mullet/large baitfish
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass...
Where to fish: backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: The Swimming Shrimp | A Perfect Search Bait
Difficulty: difficult | Time: 15-20 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, leach, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass...
Where to fish: backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How to Tie: The Twisted Fly's Tikka
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: pilchard/whitebait/medium baitfish
Target species: tarpon, snook, redfish, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass, seatrout...
Where to fish: backcountry, intracoastal/inland bays and waterways...
How To Tie: The What's Up Dock
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: shrimp, glass minnow/fry/small baitfish
Target species: tarpon, snook
Where to fish: intracoastal/inland bays and waterways
How to tie: the Wiredipity
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: nymph
Target species: rainbow trout, brown trout
Where to fish: coldwater lakes/ponds/rivers
How to Tie: The Woolly Bugger
Difficulty: easy | Time: 5-10 minutes
Imitates: glass minnow/fry/small baitfish, crawfish, leach, nymph, ambiguous/something tasty
Target species: largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, peacock bass, panfish, rainbow trout, brown trout
Where to fish: warmwater lakes/ponds/rivers/canals, coldwater lakes/ponds/rivers
How to Tie: Veverka's Mantis Shrimp
Difficulty: intermediate | Time: 10-15 minutes
Imitates: shrimp
Target species: bonefish
Where to fish: flats
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