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Flint Hills Hopper
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Driftless Angler
Matched on Midwest & Driftless, terrestrial flies, nymph. Driftless-specific trout source for spring creek nymphs, dries, and local bug windows.
Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on terrestrial flies, bass, nymph. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
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Matched on terrestrial flies, bass, nymph. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
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Matched on terrestrial flies, smallmouth bass, nymph. Appalachian trout and smallmouth source with long-running regional fly catalog depth.
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Kansas is not the first state that comes to mind when someone says 'fly fishing,' and that is precisely why the fishing is as good as it is. The Flint Hills produce grasshoppers the size of small aircraft, and when the wind blows them into the creeks -- which in Kansas is always -- every smallmouth bass and channel catfish within earshot comes running. This foam hopper lands with the authoritative splat of a real insect hitting the water after losing a fight with a gust of prairie wind. The rubber legs twitch with convincing distress, and the indicator wing lets you track it through the riffles of streams that most anglers have never heard of. Your loss is Kansas's gain, and the fish are not complaining about the lack of pressure.
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Flint Hills streams
KS · Prairie Stream
Elk River
KS · Prairie River
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