Flies for Bass.

A bucktail wing shelters the upward-riding hook point for working shallow cover.

A yellow chenille body, four rubber legs and rear weighting for a tail-first descent.

Rabbit fur breathes during pauses and makes a simple, mobile leech profile.

A chenille worm tail and soft hackle combine in a compact carp searching fly.

Foam, rubber legs, and two visible wings create a floating hopper or stonefly attractor.

Sparse bucktail and weighted eyes create a baitfish fly that fishes hook-point up.

Furry foam, curled flank-feather claws, and hackle legs imitate a small crayfish.

A bright bucktail tail, silver body, and soft collar make a compact swinging fly.

A sculpted deer-hair head dives on a strip and resurfaces during the pause.

A classic grasshopper with knotted legs, a turkey wing, and a sculpted deer-hair head.

Sparse synthetic fiber layers create a broad baitfish silhouette without a heavy body.

A buoyant foam head pushes water while a soft tail moves between pops.

A foam lip makes a waking or splashing surface fly with a light baitfish tail.

Jack Gartside’s impressionistic fly uses a short pheasant-rump tail, rough fur body, soft collar and aftershaft head.

A weighted, leggy warmwater fly with a twisted ice-chenille body and rubber legs.

A large dark dobsonfly-larva imitation with a segmented body and distinct side appendages.

A feather tail and bucktail collar make a flexible baitfish silhouette.

Yellow-red-yellow bucktail over silver tinsel creates a recognizable baitfish attractor.

A foam back and soft fur belly produce a mouse silhouette and a surface wake.

A clipped deer-hair head gives this classic baitfish pattern its distinctive profile.

White marabou and pearl chenille suggest both a shrimp and a small minnow.

Soft saddle feathers create a light streamer that hovers and pulses on the pause.

A conehead and pine-squirrel strip make a compact streamer with a pulsing collar.

A reversed foam popper head slides and wakes with a quieter surface action.

A slim synthetic baitfish with a clear resin head for schooling minnows.

A marabou tail and soft, palmered hackle suggest leeches, baitfish, and larger aquatic food.

A rabbit-strip back brings movement to a bright, minnow-shaped body.