Species Guide

Species Guide

Match the Fish. Tie On the Right Fly. Land More.

Every species eats differently — the fly that fools a tailing redfish in the marsh won’t move a permit on a hard-bottom flat. Pick your target below to see exactly what it feeds on, the fly types that work, the right sizes and colors, and the tactics that put more fish in the net — then shop the flies built for the job.

Redfish
Red drum are a coastal estuarine game fish found from the Mid-Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexi…
199 fliesView guide →
Speckled Trout
Speckled trout are a coastal estuary species found along the U.S…
126 fliesView guide →
Snook
Snook are a hard-fighting, warm-water inshore gamefish that live in coastal estuaries, pas…
101 fliesView guide →
Tarpon
Tarpon are large coastal gamefish known for explosive strikes, aerial jumps, and extreme s…
66 fliesView guide →
Black Drum
Black drum are a large saltwater drum found along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, especially…
89 fliesView guide →
Largemouth Bass
Largemouth bass are a warmwater sunfish that live in lakes, reservoirs, ponds, swamps, bac…
135 fliesView guide →
Bonefish
Bonefish are fast, shallow-water gamefish famous for the sight-fishing challenge on tropic…
83 fliesView guide →
Permit
Permit are a prized saltwater gamefish in the jack family, best known to fly anglers for t…
83 fliesView guide →
Striped Bass
Striped bass are an anadromous gamefish: they hatch in freshwater, grow in coastal waters,…
21 fliesView guide →
Roosterfish
Roosterfish are hard-charging eastern Pacific gamefish famous for the tall, comb-like dors…
24 fliesView guide →
Offshore
These are fast, open-water pelagic gamefish that roam weedlines, current edges, bait schoo…
18 fliesView guide →
Triggerfish
Gray triggerfish are hard-bottom reef fish native to the western Atlantic and Gulf of Amer…
10 fliesView guide →