BaitfishintermediateSoutheast & Carolinas
Carolina Surf Candy
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Murray's Fly Shop
Matched on Southeast & Carolinas, baitfish flies, trout. Appalachian trout and smallmouth source with long-running regional fly catalog depth.
Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on baitfish flies, trout, baitfish. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
Sight Cast Fishing Co.
Matched on baitfish flies, speckled trout, baitfish. Texas and Gulf Coast saltwater catalog focused on redfish and inshore sight-fishing.
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The Surf Candy is the cockroach of the fly box -- it survives everything. Bluefish teeth, oyster bar abrasion, being left in a hot truck for three days. The epoxy body creates a hard, translucent shell over flash and bucktail that catches light like a real baitfish's scales. Bob Popovics designed it for the New Jersey surf, but the Carolina coast adopted it because anything that survives bluefish deserves a second home. Tied sparse and small for albies, dressed up and heavy for stripers.
Quick Facts
Where to Fish It
Outer Banks
NC · Nearshore
Cape Lookout
NC · Nearshore
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