Category Archives: Smallmouth

Water Edge Fly Company

Jason and Toni Haddix are the owners of Water Edge Fly Company. They do commercial fly tying, destination fly tying and retail web sales of flies, materials and accessories. They tie stacked hair bass bugs, pike flies, musky flies, carp flies, streamers, and saltwater flies. They also tie for just about anything by request including destination trips around the world and custom orders for almost any species. Each pattern is proudly tied  in the United States, in Colorado.

Jason has been production tying for over 15 years and supplying guides, outfitters, shops, and the public with high quality bugs behind the scenes. Jason says, “Our goal is to put high quality flies in peoples hands at the best possible price point and do it all here in the U.S.”

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SheBomb

Matt Erny of StreamersFlyFishing.com is tying his SheBomb in this one. Matt says this fly literally breathes in the water. Check it out!

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The Ferby Slider – Tyler Befus

Tyler says this is one of his most productive bass flies. He started fishing this fly a little over two years ago and have had killer results.

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The SpiderGrub

Matt Erny of Streamers Fly Fishing released another fine video. Matt came up with this pattern in the summer for 2006 and it has become a staple for smallmouth bass. Matt says,  “It is truly one of the best finesse flies ever! Fish it slow around cover on lakes and dead drift it on rivers. It also works great with a strip pause action.”

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Schultz S4 Sculpin

A Mike Schultz original and super effective on smallmouth. A great early season/ high water fly!

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Materials

Thread: GSP 100 Olive
Front Hook: Daiichi 2546 Salt Size 1 or 2
Rear Hook: Daiichi 2546 Salt Size 4
Eyes: Pseudo eyes or Tungsten Predator Eyes medium or large, tied on underside of hook
Under Tail Flash: Speckled Flashabou gold, copper or mixed
Tail: Barred or variant rabbit strip “strapped” in

Connection: 30lb Backing
Belly: White Finn Raccoon or Arctic Fox
Body: Rabbit strip wrapped
Collar 1: Grizzly Schlappen, wrapped
Collar 2: Mallard Flank or Lady Amherst
Pec Fins: Grizzly Marabou tied 1 – 2 on each side
Legs: 2-4 Wapsi Silli Legs
Head: Magnum rabbit cut off hide and spun in a dubbing loop
Flash: 2 strands red Holographic Flashabou & 2-3 strands gold or copper Flashabou
Wing(s): Grizzly hackle feathers tied Intruder style

Favorite Colors
: Black/ tan/ peach/ olive

Tying Tips
Slip a tungsten bead behind the dumbbell eyes for added weight.

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Bug Eyed Frog and the Coyotee Ugly

Matt Erny is working hard on the videos lately. You get two for the price of one on this one. Visit Streamers Fly Fishing for more. Matt’s comments are below.

Both are EXCELLENT patterns for Bass. I prefer the Frog for LMB and the Coyote for SMB. My biggest Smallie ever cam on a Coyote Ugly. A 6.5 pound beast!! Drag them on the bottom jig them strip them, just a great all round bug!

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Kzoo Shad Streamer

Matt Erny of StreamersFlyFishing.com is at it again! I’ve seen Matt tie this fly and I know he has a lot of faith in it. He says it is his “go to” fly and for the last 3 years it has proven to be effective on trout, smallies, and largemouth.

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Zelda Streamer

Matt Erny has churned out another cool tying video. This one is on his Zelda Streamer. Visit Streamers Fly Fishing for more.

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D5’s Chicken Nugget Streamer

This is a new fly tying video from Matt Erny of Streamers Fly Fishing. Matt loves chasing Smallies and this streamer is killer.

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Beadhead Mini Woolly Bugger – Andy Satanek

AMS Beadhead Mini Woolly Worm Brown w Burnt Orange Butt 14

The Beadhead Mini Woolly Bugger.  A host of advantages accrue to the angler targeting panfish (bluegills, pumpkinseeds, redears, crappies) who actively moves the Beadhead Mini Woolly Worm in low-light conditions.  Stripping the fly creates a life-like movement and bulges for the panfish to home in on … along with telegraphing light strikes.  One of my favorite and productive tactics is actively working the fly just below the surface film when fishing outside edges of submerged weedbeds and timbers draws the fish’s attention and prevent hang-ups.  Don’t be surprise if you hook-up and battle a largemouth bass … I have caught a good number of largemouth bass with this tactic.

Beadhead Mini Woolly Worm, Brown (size 14 shown above)
Hook – TMC 100 (standard dry)
Sizes – 12 to 16
Beadhead – Gold
Thread – Dark Brown
Butt – Burnt orange Antron yarn
Rib – Gold extra-fine wire, countered wrapped
Body – Brown rabbit dubbing
Hackle – Grizzly saddle dyed brown, tie-in at the front and palmered back

Andy @ amflyfishing.com

Beadhead Mini Woolly Worm 14

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