StreameradvancedGreat Lakes
$19.95
They call musky the fish of 10,000 casts, which is optimistic. This fly is ten inches of articulated ambition -- deer hair, rabbit strip, and enough flash to be seen from space. Casting it on a 12-weight rod is the fly fishing equivalent of a CrossFit workout. When a musky finally eats, you will forget every empty cast. Until then, you will question everything.
Nightmare Musky Flies
Great Lakes Region
A two-person artisan operation with proprietary materials and premium pricing that musky anglers gladly pay. Tony's flies are nightmares for fish and dreams for predator hunters.
Lake St. Clair
MI · Great Lakes Shoreline
Boundary Waters
MN · Inland Lakes
Fox River
IL · River
Map unavailable. Locations for Articulated Musky Fly: Lake St. Clair, MI; Boundary Waters, MN; Fox River, IL
region guide
The Great Lakes region offers a staggering diversity of fly fishing — from legendary Hex hatches on northern Michigan rivers to chrome steelhead on Lake Erie tributaries and trophy muskellunge in the bays. This is the complete guide to fishing the freshwater coast.
technique
The largest brown trout in any river feeds almost exclusively at night. The biggest smallmouth in your favorite river moves into the shallows after dark. And the redfish on the marsh flat feed through the night on every tide. Night fishing is where trophy hunters go when they get serious — here's how to join them.
StreameradvancedGreat Lakes
6-14 inches
Tied by Dan & Jenn Donovan
Blane Chocklett's multi-articulated baitfish pattern. Fish-spine shanks create a swimming action that looks disturbingly alive. The modern standard for trophy musky and pike on the fly.
Musky · Northern Pike · Largemouth Bass
StreameradvancedGreat Lakes
6-8 inches
Large deer hair diver/pusher for musky and pike. The spun deer hair head dives on the strip and pops back to the surface on the pause, creating a wounded-baitfish action that predators cannot resist.
Musky · Northern Pike
StreamerintermediateGreat Lakes
#2 - #6
Two-tone articulated streamer with a peanut-shaped profile. Balanced design swims with an erratic, wounded action. Deadly on aggressive brown trout and predatory species throughout the Great Lakes basin.
Brown Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Steelhead · Northern Pike
StreamerbeginnerGreat Lakes
#4 - #10
Crystal chenille variant of the classic Woolly Bugger. Extra flash and a slightly bulkier profile make it the go-to general-purpose searching pattern across all Great Lakes water types.
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Steelhead · Northern Pike
StreamerbeginnerGreat Lakes
#6 - #12
The universal subsurface fly. Marabou tail, palmered hackle, optional bead head. Imitates leeches, baitfish, crayfish, and anything else a trout might eat. Works everywhere, always.
Brown Trout · Rainbow Trout · Brook Trout · Steelhead
StreamerbeginnerGreat Lakes
#4 - #8
Oversized woolly bugger tied heavy for Great Lakes steelhead. Marabou tail, palmered hackle, bead head. The fly that catches everything in every river, and steelhead are no exception.
Steelhead · Brown Trout · Smallmouth Bass