ife is too short, the bass season is only 11 months a year ¹ and there is so much to learn that no one man can know everything. One Fall day I was surfcasting in one of my favorite spots and watching a couple of fly fishermen just up the beach going through their ritual casting motions, back and forth, back and forth and then swoosh, out the line shot and gently fell onto the water. They stood in the wash, with their cute little baskets around their waist, stripping the line when BAM, their rods bent over and each of them had a bass ripping through the water heading for Portugal. A few minutes later each of them deftly beached a beautiful +36" linesider which they quickly released into the suds.

I was chagrined because a few minutes earlier I had thoroughly plugged that spot with a sure fire, never fail, lure. It was then I decided that there must be something to this fly fishing "stuff" and decided to learn more about it, without making a fool of myself. To that end, I am pleased to introduce Ed Zaun, a man I think, who is almost as crazy as me, has the same irreverent writing style and agrees that nothing in life is more important than fishing.

Example:

"I have a tendency to immerse myself in my hobbies. Well, a psychiatrist might call it a pathological trend toward obsession, but it doesn’t make me a bad person does it?"

Welcome to "Fly Fishing the Salt" at StriperSurf.com. This section should be a lot of fun and an excellent means of sharing information about this aspect of our sport.

I’d like to thank Bob for inviting me to sit in as Editor for this section. He has created an outstanding resource here and I’m excited to be part of it. It is very gracious of him to share his soapbox and says a lot about his dedication to the sport.

As you may have guessed, this section is be dedicated to flyfishing. There are articles and fly patterns, methods and essays.

Flyfishing in the saltwater is experiencing a tremendous boom in popularity. That means new methods, flies, and techniques are being developed every season, so we’ll have a lot to discuss and learn. Okay, let’s get the show on the road…

Fly Fishing the Salt by Ed Zaun

Fly Patterns & Instructions

Fly Fishing the Salt HOME Why Fly? Fly Fishing Glossary Fly Fishing on a Shoe String Fly Selection Get Organized One Man's Trash Diagram of Tailguard Diagram of Hook Additional Fly Fishing Articles Busting the Blues Fight Wind: Learn The Double Haul Get'em with Sand Eel Imitations Know Your Baits and Flies Northeast Grand Slam, The Penetrating the Water Column Shooting the Suds, Albies on the Fly Simplifying Fly Lines Spring Tactics - Trophy Stripers on the Fly Springtime Big Bass Stripping for Success Tackling Big December Bass on the Fly! The Versatile Lefty's Deceiver

Saltwater Fly Pattern INDEX Page Angel Hair Bunker Banana Squid Big Eel Blonde Series Bluefish Streamer Bonito Bunny Clouser Minnow Cork Body Popper Dahlberg Diver Deceiver Lucky Strike Mossbunker Rattlin' Rogue Razzle Dazzle Rubber Candy Sand Eel Sar-Mul-Mac Schoolie Shady Lady Siliclone Skipper Spoon Fly Spread Fly Surf Candy Ultra Shrimp