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Flash FlyStreamerbeginner

Pacific Northwest

Flash Fly

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Available Sizes#1/0 - #4
Color Variations
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Regional shopStrong match

Pacific Fly Fishers

Matched on Pacific Northwest, streamer flies, steelhead. Pacific Northwest shop with a large online catalog and steelhead/trout regional relevance.

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Fulling Mill Flies

Matched on streamer flies, salmon, streamer. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.

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Big Y Fly Co.

Matched on streamer flies, salmon, streamer. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.

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Alaska Fly Fishing Goods

Matched on streamer flies, salmon, salmon. Alaska-specific fly shop with fly categories for trout, char, grayling, salmon, and steelhead.

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Schultz Outfitters

Matched on streamer flies, steelhead, steelhead. Michigan and Great Lakes shop lead for steelhead, trout, and smallmouth patterns.

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The Flash Fly is the strip club of the fly box -- all flash, no subtlety, and surprisingly effective at getting attention. When rivers are blown out with rain and visibility drops to inches, this pattern cuts through the murk with reflected light that reaches fish when nothing else can. It is tied with nothing but Flashabou and a hook, which means it took about ninety seconds to create and will outlast your patience in high water. In the Pacific Northwest, where rain is not weather but identity, the Flash Fly is the emergency backup plan that becomes the primary pattern more often than anyone admits.

Quick Facts

TypeStreamer
Difficultybeginner
SeasonsFall, Winter
Target SpeciesChinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Steelhead
Sizes#1/0 - #4
Best LocationsCowlitz River, WA; Sandy River, OR; Skagit River, WA

Where to Fish It

Cowlitz River

WA · Tailwater

Sandy River

OR · Coastal Stream

Skagit River

WA · Spey River

Map unavailable. Locations for Flash Fly: Cowlitz River, WA; Sandy River, OR; Skagit River, WA

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