StreamerbeginnerAlaska
Bead Head Flesh Fly
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Available Sizes#4 - #8
Color Variations
White/PinkPale PeachCream
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Regional shopStrong match
Alaska Fly Fishing Goods
Matched on Alaska, streamer flies, rainbow trout. Alaska-specific fly shop with fly categories for trout, char, grayling, salmon, and steelhead.
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Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on streamer flies, trout, nymph. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
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Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on streamer flies, trout, nymph. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
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Driftless Angler
Matched on streamer flies, trout, nymph. Driftless-specific trout source for spring creek nymphs, dries, and local bug windows.
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Murray's Fly Shop
Matched on streamer flies, trout, nymph. Appalachian trout and smallmouth source with long-running regional fly catalog depth.
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Visit sourceThe standard Flesh Fly is effective. The Bead Head Flesh Fly is effective faster. The tungsten bead punches through the current and delivers the fly to the bottom of deep pools where the truly large rainbows lurk, gorging on salmon scraps like aristocrats at a banquet. It is the same concept with better delivery -- like upgrading from regular mail to overnight shipping.
Quick Facts
TypeStreamer
Difficultybeginner
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesRainbow Trout, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char
Sizes#4 - #8
Best LocationsIliamna Lake, AK; Katmai National Park, AK; Alagnak River, AK
Where to Fish It
Iliamna Lake
AK · Lake Outlet
Katmai National Park
AK · Remote Stream
Alagnak River
AK · Salmon River
Map unavailable. Locations for Bead Head Flesh Fly: Iliamna Lake, AK; Katmai National Park, AK; Alagnak River, AK
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