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Matched on Great Lakes, streamer flies, musky. Great Lakes predator shop and guide brand with musky-specific fly inventory.
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Matched on Great Lakes, streamer flies, musky. Michigan and Great Lakes shop lead for steelhead, trout, and smallmouth patterns.
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Blane Chocklett looked at the state of streamer fishing and decided to change the game -- hence the name, which for once is not an exaggeration. Multiple articulated shanks linked with fish-spine connectors give this fly a sinuous, swimming action that makes musky forget they are supposed to be difficult. It swims like a fish. It looks like a fish. To a musky, it is a fish. And that is the entire point.
Meet the Tier
Dan & Jenn Donovan
Musky Fool
Waunakee, WI
R.L. Winston ambassadors. Featured on the Wet Fly Swing podcast. The Donovans live and breathe musky — and their flies prove it every day on Wisconsin's trophy waters.
Quick Facts
Where to Fish It
Lake St. Clair
MI · Great Lakes Shoreline
Boundary Waters
MN · Inland Lakes
Fox River
IL · River
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