BaitfishintermediateSoutheast & Carolinas
Carolina Surf Candy
$7.95
Available Sizes#2 - #1/0
Color Variations
Olive/WhiteSilverChartreuse/WhitePearl
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
TypeBaitfish
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesFalse Albacore, Striped Bass, Spanish Mackerel, Speckled Trout
Sizes#2 - #1/0
Best LocationsOuter Banks, NC; Cape Lookout, NC
Where to Fish It
Outer Banks
NC · Nearshore
Cape Lookout
NC · Nearshore
Map unavailable. Locations for Carolina Surf Candy: Outer Banks, NC; Cape Lookout, NC
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