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Fly Fishing in Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Trout Streams & Striper Dreams

Massachusetts offers an impressive mix of freshwater and saltwater fly fishing. From quiet trout streams in the Berkshires to the windswept beaches of Cape Cod, anglers can chase everything from wild brook trout to powerful striped bass without ever leaving the state. Few places offer such a wide variety of fisheries packed into such a compact area.

For freshwater anglers, western Massachusetts is home to some of New England's best trout water. The Deerfield River is nationally known for its excellent brown and rainbow trout fishing, while countless ponds, lakes, and small streams provide opportunities for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pickerel, and native brook trout. Whether fishing a technical tailwater or a tiny mountain brook, there is no shortage of places to explore.

Ask most fly anglers what Massachusetts is famous for, however, and they'll point toward striped bass. Every spring and summer, the beaches, estuaries, and rocky coastlines come alive as migrating stripers push into shallow water to feed. Wading the surf at sunrise or sight-fishing cruising fish across the Cape's flats has become a rite of passage for many saltwater fly anglers, making Massachusetts one of the premier striped bass destinations in the country.

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Top Selling Flies in Massachusetts

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Elk Hair Caddis

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The Elk Hair Caddis is a must-have dry fly that imitates adult caddisflies skating and drifting across the surface. It’s one of the most dependable...

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Woolly Bugger

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Voted in the Top Ten of all-time Trout Flies in American Angler Magazine. A must pattern for all fly fishers, works on all game fish including Tro...

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Mop Fly - Beadhead (Barbless)

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From the Wall Street Journal, the Mop Fly. We have been getting tons of requests for this fly and now here it is. Tied in the hottest colors on a ...

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Parachute Adams

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The Parachute Adams is one of the most versatile and trusted dry flies ever created, designed to imitate a wide range of mayflies in both dun and e...

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Euro Zebra Midge-Tungsten (Barbless)

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A hugely productive nymph pattern that should be in most anglers fly boxes. This pattern is simple and to the point. Thread based bodies counter w...

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Copper John-Beadhead

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A cross between the pheasant tail and brassie. Works well where ever there are stonefly or mayfly nymphs. Classic profile, sinks fast, sleek, an...

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Woolly Bugger - Tungsten

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Use this pattern everywhere fish live!  Works great for all game fish including Steelhead, Salmon, Trophy Trout, Bass, you name it. Tied with that...

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Chubby Chernobyl

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Description The Chubby Chernobyl is one of the most versatile and reliable dry flies ever designed for western rivers. Built with a high-floating f...

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Crystal Bugger-Beadhead

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A more flashy version of the regular Woolly Bugger. A great attractor pattern, inciter pattern, prepare for vicious strikes, and large fish. Use f...

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Pheasant Tail

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A classic nymph, peacock thorax, slender pheasant tail body. The wire rib presents a nice segmented look, in addition to adding flash and durabili...

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Rainbow Warrior - Glass Bead (Original)

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This nymph invented in Utah has caught trout everywhere it has been put to the test. One of the best new patterns to hit the water in a few years.

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Zebra Midge Curved-Beadhead

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Representing the most common of trout food sources, the midges. AKA Chironomids. It has been estimated that up to 22% of a trout's diet is compos...

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Flashback Pheasant Tail-Beadhead

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A great improvement on this all-time classic pattern. Many nymphs take on a very shiny appearance right before emerging. Trout key in on this vuln...

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San Juan Worm

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This pattern is sometimes controversial because it has the word "worm" in it. But this is not the garden variety type worm, but an aquatic worm, ...

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Fat Albert

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Ever see a dessert cart, and want something without knowing what it is? The Fat Albert might be a dessert cart for trout. Like the Chernobyl ...

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Stimulator

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This pattern was designed by Randall Kaufmann, borrowing liberally from the Improved Sofa Pillow and Bucktail Caddis. The Stimulator has become on...

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Woolly Bugger-Beadhead

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The Woolly Bugger with a beadhead is one of the most effective and versatile flies ever created, built to get down quickly and trigger aggressive e...

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Parachute Ant

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Ants are more important food source than most fly anglers realize. Ants are extremely available to fish on ice free waters in the Rockies, Cascade...

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WD-40

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This pattern was designed to be an emerging midge, is also excellent for small emerging mayflies including the prolific baetis or Blue Wing Olive...

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Squirmy Worm-Beadhead

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Squirmy Worms are made of a silicon that creates a more realistic look than other patterns out there. Undulate better than the typical San Juan Wo...

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Hare's Ear

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Still the #1 nymph in the world and with good reason. Buggy, flashy, suggestive of a plethora of nymphs. The more it is fished the buggier it get...

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Baby Bugger-Beadhead

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Great for those looking for a smaller bugger. The Baby Bugger is designed to mimic leeches, baitfish, little minnows, damsel nymphs, just about ...

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RS 2 Nymph

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You can tell how effective a pattern is by the spin-offs it has, and this one has a lot in a short time. These occurrences are a catalyst for tr...

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Steelhead Egg-Sucking Leech

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The #1 all-time pattern everywhere sea-runs are fished for now tied on a black salmon hook for the Kings, Cohos, Atlantics and large steelies.  A...

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