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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Angel Hair is a very fine and very flashy wing material. It is ideal for baitfish imitations, Clouse ...
Angel Hair is a very fine and very flashy wing material. It is ideal for baitfish imitations, Clouser Minnows, or chopped up and mixed with your favorite dubbing. It is slightly uneven in length and runs 6"-8".
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Fish Hair is the best substitute there is for natural bucktail. We use it in our Humpy Hooker, Salmo ...
Fish Hair is the best substitute there is for natural bucktail. We use it in our Humpy Hooker, Salmon Fry and Searunner Special flies. It is easy to work with, very durable, and sinks quickly. 4" Length.
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Edge Brite, AKA Laser Wrap, is a thin flexible body materials that is used for Lantern-style flies. ...
Edge Brite, AKA Laser Wrap, is a thin flexible body materials that is used for Lantern-style flies. Cut it into thin strips and wrap it over the top of flat silver tinsel for a great glowing fly. We use this in our Sockeye Lantern.
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Laser Dub is one of our favorite salmon fly dubbings. Its vibrant colors make awesome bodies, collar ...
Laser Dub is one of our favorite salmon fly dubbings. Its vibrant colors make awesome bodies, collars or overdubbing for lead eyes.
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Hareline's Touch Dub is a super tacky wax that is great for larger flies and buggier dubbing materia ...
Hareline's Touch Dub is a super tacky wax that is great for larger flies and buggier dubbing materials.
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The ultimate fur for dubbing! A hare's mask has an incredible variety of textures, lengths and color ...
The ultimate fur for dubbing! A hare's mask has an incredible variety of textures, lengths and colors of hair. Great for all your buggy trout fly dubbing needs.
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McFly Foam is far and away the best egg yarn. It comes in great color-fast colors, is very easy to t ...
McFly Foam is far and away the best egg yarn. It comes in great color-fast colors, is very easy to tie with, and it absorbs water which helps your eggs sink. It can also be used for wool heads on sculpin flies.
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The Nickel Dazl Eyes are our choice for Clouser Minnows, Lead-Eye Leeches and all variety of salmon ...
The Nickel Dazl Eyes are our choice for Clouser Minnows, Lead-Eye Leeches and all variety of salmon flies. Dazl Eyes are perfectly machined from non-toxic brass and are more durable than lead. 25 per pack except 7/32" which has 20.
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Gamakatsu's 604 series 90° 1X Strong Jig Hook are the ideal jig hook for large steelhead and salmon ...
Gamakatsu's 604 series 90° 1X Strong Jig Hook are the ideal jig hook for large steelhead and salmon. These are the hooks that we use for our Liquid Wrench steelhead crusher. In the larger sizes we love them for the Mr. Bodangles fly. The 1x wire of these hooks allow for deep penetration when the hook is set. They also make a sweet sacrificial hook in patterns like the Jig-A-Lo. Quantity: 25 per pack.
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Black Dazl Eyes give your fly a stealth bomber look. When you want lead eyes but in a toned-down way ...
Black Dazl Eyes give your fly a stealth bomber look. When you want lead eyes but in a toned-down way, go with these. Dazl Eyes are perfectly machined from non-toxic brass and are more durable than lead. 25 per pack except 7/32" which has 20.
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Add a skein to your egg and flesh patterns with Egg Veil. Take a small amount, spread and fold it ar ...
Add a skein to your egg and flesh patterns with Egg Veil. Take a small amount, spread and fold it around the thread and wrap it. Egg Veil really takes the realism up a notch.
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The default eye for all your tying needs. Dazl Eyes are perfectly machined from non-toxic brass and ...
The default eye for all your tying needs. Dazl Eyes are perfectly machined from non-toxic brass and are more durable than lead. 25 per pack except 7/32" which has 20.