During the spring and early summer, various species of juvenile salmon, called smolt, make the great migration from freshwater to saltwater. These small salmon travel in large schools as they try to find refuge in numbers. Along this journey, they are met by voracious predators including trout and char. These trout and char love to push these small salmon to the surface where they will slash through the school, forcing the smolt to "bust" the surface trying to escape. We call this the Smolt Bust. Throwing poppers and sliders designed to look like salmon smolt is a very exciting way to crush trout and char on topwater. Using Rainy's Pee-Wee Pops is essential to creating Popping and Sliding Smolt. Use them with long shank hooks steamer hooks or tie them stinger style, either way you'll have too much fun busting smolt for trout!
*White only
**6 heads per pack
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During the spring and early summer, various species of juvenile salmon, called smolt, make the great ...
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The rainbow brass cones are a great way to add a bit of color to your otherwise dull pattern. Spice ...
The rainbow brass cones are a great way to add a bit of color to your otherwise dull pattern. Spice up a mini llama, wooly bugger, or basic leech pattern with these coneheads.
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We carry two-Tone Rabbit Strips in the best flesh fly colors. These are used in our Choker, Happy Me ...
We carry two-Tone Rabbit Strips in the best flesh fly colors. These are used in our Choker, Happy Meal, and Twofer flies. Flies tied with these rabbit strips have been tearing up the rainbows and Dollies the last few years!
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Two-Tone Rabbit Strips in the best flesh fly colors. We use these in our Choker, Happy Meal, and Two ...
Two-Tone Rabbit Strips in the best flesh fly colors. We use these in our Choker, Happy Meal, and Twofer flies. Flies tied with these rabbit strips tear up the rainbows and Dollies! Use these crosscut strips to create the swept-back body on your flesh flies. 1/8" Wide.
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Rabbit strips are a staple of Alaskan fly tying. From Flesh Flies to Dolly Llamas and Hareball Leech ...
Rabbit strips are a staple of Alaskan fly tying. From Flesh Flies to Dolly Llamas and Hareball Leeches, this versatile material adds motion and action to the fly. Check out our variety of flesh colors. Straight Cut Strips are 1/8" wide and there are four 12" strips per package.
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Cross Cut rabbit is cut so the fur lays perpendicular to the hide. When the strip is tied in and wou ...
Cross Cut rabbit is cut so the fur lays perpendicular to the hide. When the strip is tied in and wound forward the fur will naturally flow towards the tail of the fly. While Cross Cut rabbit makes very nice bodies, Straight Cut is a better choice for tails. Strips are 1/8" wide and there are four 12" strips per package.
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These Tiger Striped Rabbit strips come in some very cool colors. Give them a try and see what you ca ...
These Tiger Striped Rabbit strips come in some very cool colors. Give them a try and see what you can come up with. Straight Cut and 1/8" wide strips.
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These are the eyes we use on our legendary Mr. Bodangles fly. The Nickel/Chartreuse Psuedo Eye is id ...
These are the eyes we use on our legendary Mr. Bodangles fly. The Nickel/Chartreuse Psuedo Eye is ideal for making your fly dip and dive while still keeping it reasonably easy to cast. 12 eyes per pack.
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These silicone legs are a perfect replacement for the original rubber legs. They are truly round b ...
These silicone legs are a perfect replacement for the original rubber legs. They are truly round but they are made from silicone and will not degrade over time like rubber does.
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Hard as Hull Penetrator Head Cement is a deep penetrating adhesive that soaks into thread wraps and ...
Hard as Hull Penetrator Head Cement is a deep penetrating adhesive that soaks into thread wraps and locks them down. It soaks in nicely and doesn't change the look of the thread wraps. The bottle cap has a built in applicator brush. It is our default head cement for all our flies.
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Nothing matches the natural iridescence of peacock. Peacock herl can be used as a wing, tail, or wra ...
Nothing matches the natural iridescence of peacock. Peacock herl can be used as a wing, tail, or wrapped as a body material.
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The Cadillac of bead hooks. The SSW Cutting Point Hook is ultra-sharp and has a triple-edge cutting ...
The Cadillac of bead hooks. The SSW Cutting Point Hook is ultra-sharp and has a triple-edge cutting blade. This means hooks penetrate easily and hold beautifully.
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These barred ostrich drabs are great for tying a range of flies. Intruders, baitfish, and leeches ...
These barred ostrich drabs are great for tying a range of flies. Intruders, baitfish, and leeches all will benefit from the black barring, adding a nice contrast to your fly. Each pack contains two feathers.
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OPST's Dubbing Spinner is a must have for serious fly tyers. It has more weight to it than the avera ...
OPST's Dubbing Spinner is a must have for serious fly tyers. It has more weight to it than the average spinner and this lets it really spin when you are twisting up a dubbing loop. Built in the USA with super high quality materials.
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The new and improved shank from Fish-Skull. These shanks are used for the wildly popular "Game Cha ...
The new and improved shank from Fish-Skull. These shanks are used for the wildly popular "Game Changer" style of fly. They work equally well for salmon/steelhead type intruder flies.
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New Age Krinkle Flash comes in great Alaska colors and perfectly matches the super-popular New Age C ...
New Age Krinkle Flash comes in great Alaska colors and perfectly matches the super-popular New Age Chenille.
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New Age Chenille adds killer sparkle to your salmon flies and comes in perfect Alaska colors. We lik ...
New Age Chenille adds killer sparkle to your salmon flies and comes in perfect Alaska colors. We like this material more every year! This is the same material used in all of our lead-eye Egg Sucking Leeches and UV Polar Starlite Leeches.
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Softer than bucktail, stiffer than marabou, lightweight Neer Hair’s ultra fine fibers have an awes ...
Softer than bucktail, stiffer than marabou, lightweight Neer Hair’s ultra fine fibers have an awesome action when wet. These fibers shed water effortlessly and are fairly bouyant. They can be used in streamer patterns such as smolt or sculpin, used as a parapost in parachute dries or as wings in bonefish flies or small crab patterns. These veritile fibers come in a large array of colors and can be used with other synthetic or natural fibers to add depth to a pattern. Made in U.S.A
