Blog - Tie a Fly — Tarpon
Tie a Shrimp Popper Pattern
This Shrimp Popper pattern should show lots of movement from the long marabou tail, long silicon legs and long flashabou. It is an experiment in trying to get a slow sinking popper that pops up to the surface when stripped.
Tie a Simple Foam Diver Pattern
Bass Pike Predator Fly Snook Surface Fly Tarpon
This Quick pattern uses few very common materials and moves very energetically when quickly stripped then allowed to float back to the surface. It is very good for many ambush predators near cover. It will take Baby Tarpon and Snook in the Mangroves as well as Redfish and Sea Trout in similar inshore situations. Bass, Pike, Crappie and Bowfin love it when they are near shore or in shallow water near cover. Hook: Short shank hook #2 to 2/0 straighten any offset Thread: Fire Orange 210 Denier like FlyMaster+ Tail: Generous Marabou, 4 times hook...