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Bluefish Popper
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New England Fly Company
Matched on Northeast & Mid-Atlantic, topwater flies, striped bass. New England tier lead for brook trout, landlocked salmon, and coastal striper patterns.
Salty Fly Tying
Matched on Northeast & Mid-Atlantic, topwater flies, striped bass. Drew Chicone's saltwater tying catalog and learning hub, strongest for saltwater pattern validation.
Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on topwater flies, bass, saltwater. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on topwater flies, bass, broad catalog. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
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Bluefish destroy things. It is what they do. They destroy bait, leaders, flies, nets, fingers, and the quiet optimism of anyone who thought this would be a peaceful morning on the water. This popper is built to survive that kind of relationship -- hard foam body, epoxy coating, wire weedguard. Pop it across the surface and watch the water explode. Bluefish hit topwater flies with the subtlety of a hand grenade, and the resulting detonation is one of the great spectacles in saltwater fly fishing.
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Sandy Hook
NJ · Surf
Montauk Point
NY · Rips
Cape Cod
MA · Surf
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