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Smitty’s Fly Box: Skull n Bonz Fly
I sent a bunch of these flies to a friend of mine who was going bonefishing in the Bahamas and he said he hooked up almost every cast. He was very pleased with the performance of the flies enough that he wanted me to make some more for himself and some for his friends as well. The fly can be fished three different ways …as a shrimp or as a crab or as a baitfish, all depending on your retrieve. Click here for instructions.
Bruce’s Outing Fly: Blondie Fly
Bruce Evensen’s Blondie is a minnow imitation that appeals to fresh and saltwater fish year-around, and it will invite fish bites for Suncoast Fly Fishers fishing May’s “virtual” outing. Click here for the instructions.
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The SFF Online Fly Archive
Fly Pattern | Target Use |
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DT Special | Saltwater, Snook |
Snake Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Ken Doty's Snook Fly | Saltwater, Snook |
Gartside's Gurgler | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Clouser’s Floating Minnow | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Clacker Clouser | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Half and Half | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Carl Hanson’s Glass Minnow | Saltwater, Speckled SeaTrout, Redfish |
Jiggy | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Pat’s Simple Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Prince Of Tides | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish |
Eyes On Flies | General instruction |
Salt Water Popper | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Soft Hackle Deceiver | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Poly Whitebait Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Lefty’s Deceiver | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Bucktail Deceiver | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Spiders and Beetles | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Clouser Deep Minnow | All Freshwater Fish, All Saltwater Fish |
Paul’s Bay Anchovy | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Pat’s Bead Butt Baitfish | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Inshore Key’s Tarpon Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
McVay’s Gotcha | Saltwater, Bonefish, Redfish |
Woolly Bugger | All Fresh Water Fish |
Ada Potato Fly | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout, Snook |
Ken Doty’s Snook Special | Saltwater, Snook |
Alan Sewell’s Snook Special | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Mighty Myakka Minnow | Freshwater, Bass, Bluegill, Bream |
Little Brown River Clouser | Freshwater, Bass, Bluegill, Bream |
Estaz Marabou | All Freshwater Fish, All Saltwater Fish |
Grass Shrimp | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Striped Anchovy | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Most's Generic Blue Gill Fly | Freshwater, Blue Gill |
The Good Looking Shrimp | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
FLA Spoon Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Bob's Bangers | Saltwater, Snook, Spanish Mackerel |
Popovics Jiggy | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Poly Hi-Tie | All Freshwater Fish, All Saltwater Fish |
Springer's Crystal Shrimp | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout |
Borski's Butterfly | Saltwater, Bonefish, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Pickett Pin | Freshwater, Panfish, Blue Gill, Bream, |
Lefty's Bug | Freshwater, Smallmouth Bass |
Bend back | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Clouser Minnow | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Polarfibre Greenback Minnow | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Hare’s Ear Parachute | Freshwater Trout |
Sid Neff Caddis | Freshwater Trout |
The Schminnow | Saltwater, Snook |
White Spider | Freshwater, Bass, Bluegill, Bream, Panfish |
Whatever Bendback | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Predator | Freshwater, Bass, Bluegill, Bream, Panfish |
Foam Grasshopper | Freshwater, Bass, Bluegill, Bream, Panfish |
Kwan Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Jim's Beadhead Nymph | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Ken Hofmeister's Green Dragon | Freshwater, Saltwater, Topwater |
Redfish Joe | Saltwater, Redfish |
Blue Damselfly | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Mihailoff Glass Minnow | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
The Tarpon Toad | Saltwater, Tarpon |
Hampton’s Gurgler | Freshwater, Bass |
MGM (My Glass Minnow) | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Copper John | Freshwater, Trout |
Del’s Merkin | Saltwater, Permit |
No Name Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Don's Fly | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout, Streamer |
Dana Griffin’s LA Freeway | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Lowman's Lucky Fly | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Scud Fly | Freshwater, Trout |
Jurassic-Eyed Bristle Bomber | Saltwater, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Summer Tides | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Beachcomber | Saltwater, Pompano |
E.P. Tarpon Bunny | Saltwater, Tarpon |
Muddler Minnow | Freshwater, Trout |
Mostly Grizzly | Saltwater |
Dayle’s Devil | Freshwater, Saltwater |
Gibby’s DT Variation | Saltwater, Snook |
J.J. Hopper | Freshwater, Bluegill |
Pat’s One-step Baitfish | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Tap's Bass Plug | Freshwater, Topwater, Bass |
Kumisky’s Furry Foam Crab | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Mangrove Snook Fly | Saltwater, Snook |
Skull and Bonz | Saltwater, Redfish, Bonefish |
The Zug Bug | Freshwater, Trout |
Jerk Minnow | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Andy’s Seaducer Variant | Saltwater, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Shrimpf Fly Smitty’s Variation | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Baboon Crab Fly | Saltwater, Redfish |
Pine Cone Fly | Saltwater, Redfish |
St. John's River Sinker | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Ballyhoo Fly | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout, Spanish Mackerel |
Sassy Sally Cichlid | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Slinky Shrimp | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
The Predator | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Simple Shad Dart | Freshwater, Shad |
DNA Minnow | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish, Grouper, Sheepshead |
Cockroach Fly | Saltwater, Tarpon |
Green Gold Bendback | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Deep Silhouette | Saltwater, Snook, Baby Tarpon, Freshwater Bass |
Al Pitcher’s Glass Minnow (AGM) | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Grassett’s Snook Minnow | Saltwater,False Albacore, Spanish Mackerel, Bluefish, Speckled Sea Trout, Ladyfish |
Grassett’s Flats Minnow | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Scandinavia’s Magnus Fly | Saltwater, Inshore Speckled Sea Tout, Redfish |
The Juletrae (AKA Christmas Tree) | Sea-run Brown Trout |
Sili Leg Shrimp | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Peter Koga’s Salt Water Shrimp | Saltwater, Bonefish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Frank Rhodes Bonefish Crab | Saltwater, Bonefish |
Sandy Moret’s Cracked Crab | Saltwater, Permit, Bonefish |
The Adams Shrimp | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
The Beetle | Freshwater, Any Species |
Simple Baitfish | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout |
Key Lime Bendback | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Hpu Weedless Fly | Saltwater, Inshore, Snook |
Alan's White Lightning Tube Fly | Saltwater, Inshore, Docelights, Snook, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Smitty's Flig'n Jig Fly | Freshwater Bass, Saltwater Redfish |
Myron's Schminnow | Saltwater, Dock Light, Snook |
Lefty's Craft Fur Fly | Saltwater, Shrimp Fly, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Gartside Gurgler | Freshwater, Bass, Bluegill |
Half and Half Clouser | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Minnie-Wormie | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Beach Bunny | Saltwater, Beach, Snook |
Smitty's Beach Snook Fly | Saltwater, Beach, Snook |
Chris Sexton's Snook Fly | Saltwater, Dock Light, Snook |
Bob Burkard's Silly Putty Spoon Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Pat Damico's Simple Shrimp Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Alan Sewell’s Mayan Cichlid Fly | Freshwater, Bass, Bream, Bluegill |
Alan Sewell's Docklight Fly | Saltwater, Dock Light, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Refish |
Dan Bumgarner's Spanish Mackerel fly | Saltwater, Spanish Mackerel |
Smitty's Carrot Nymph | Freshwater, Trout |
Bill Scarola's Bass Toad | Freshwater, Bass |
Smitty's Summer's Tide | Freshwater, Bass |
Tom Jones's Crab Fly | Saltwater, Crab Fly, Redfish, Speckled Sea Trout |
Pat Damico's "40 Snook" Fly | Saltwater, Snook |
Rick Warfel's Bendback Shrimp | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Refish |
Smitty's Tarpon Toad | Saltwater, Tarpon |
The Flash by Smitty | Saltwater, Ladyfish |
Masked Bandit | Freshwater, Bass |
SF Seatrout Baitfish | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout |
Dave Johnson's Petticoat Streamer | Saltwater Snook, Tarpon, Freshwater Bass, Bluegill |
Bruce's Snook Snagger | Saltwater, Snook |
Flute Fly | Saltwater, Snook |
Fuzzy Schminnow | Saltwater, Snook |
Murdich Minnow | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Pencil Popper | Freshwater Bass, Saltwater Snook, Top Water, |
Smitty's Flash Minnow for Bass | Freshwater Bass |
Lou Tabory's Snake Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish |
Evensen's Holiday Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Redfish |
Blane Chocklett's Faux Clouser | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Smitty's Jumping Jack Flash | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout |
Paul Sequira's Snook Fly | Saltwater, Snook |
Smitty Pencil Popper | Freshwater, Top Water, Bass |
Walt's Rat Fly | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish, Sheepshead |
Ed Story's F-C Dart | Saltwater, Ladyfish, Spanish Mackerel |
Bruce Evensen's Gartside Gurgler | Saltwater, Freshwater, Topwater |
Smitty's Salt and Pepper | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout, Spanish Mackerel |
Bruce Evensen's Shrimp | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Evensen Deerhair Minnow | Saltwater, Flats, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Evensen's Polar Fiber Minnow | Freshwater trout, Saltwater Speckled Sea Trout |
Don Coleman's Nearly Live Baitfly | Saltwater, Flats, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Marquis' Gummy Minnow | Saltwater, Speckled Sea Trout |
Smitty's Golden Shiner | Freshwater, Bass |
Smitty's Jointed Pencil Popper | Freshwater, Saltwater, Topwater |
Carl Hanson Bendback Minnow | Saltwater, Snook, Speckled Sea Trout, Redfish |
Bruce's Infamous Fly | Freshwater, Bass, Trout, Bream |
Smith's Jumping Jack Flash Fly | Saltwater Popper |
Bruce's Mylar Mullet | Saltwater |
Bruce's Blondie Fly | Saltwater, Freshwater |
Smitty's Skull n Bones Fly | Saltwater, Bonefish |