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Designing Poppers, Sliders & Divers

This book raises the bar for warm water fly rod lure making books. Elmer Meiler reviews Steve Schweitzer's book.

7 years ago
Meade's crazy flies

Australian Rob Meade's flies are totally crazy contraptions using foam in strange shapes, odd constructions, rubber legs, large eyes and lots of color. Flies just after my heart!

7 years ago
The Poly Dodger

The Poly Dodger imparts its own action and sound by deflecting water via mounting a polymer clay disc onto the main hook itself.

10 years ago
Bass Bug Basics
13 years ago
Bass bugs

I'm not sure how floating bass flies got the name "bug", but it certainly has stuck. Whether constructed of wood, plastic, foam, or hair, they all seem to be lumped into the generic category of "bass bug".

25 years ago

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