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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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Parachute Blue Wing Olive

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BWO is one of the most prolific and long lived hatches. This versatile color can also cover both the Pale Morning Dun and Pale Evening Dun. If you...

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Zebra Midge-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 compo...

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Pat's Rubber Legs

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Although found in the UNWEIGHTED collection, This is LIGHTLY weighted with lead-free wire wraps.  Typically, 6 wraps of .015" lead-free wire.  this...

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Prince Nymph-Beadhead

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Everyone's favorite nymph and not just for trout. Iridescent peacock and those marvelous white wings, and split tail, combine to make this a great...

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Midges

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This pattern deserves a large spot in your vest.  Excellent year around choice for tiny BWO's, PMD's, and midges. Many of which hatch throughout t...

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Hare's Ear - Tungsten

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All the infamous traits of the Beadhead Hare's Ear, but with a Tungsten Bead Head for faster sink rates. Still the #1 nymph in the world and with ...

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Glo Bug with Dot-Beadhead

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A small bead head keeps this fly down where the fish are.  These patterns are especially effective for Erie Steelies

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Glo Bug-Beadhead

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The bead helps this pattern get down better, especially effective bouncing along river bottoms. There isn't a fish out there that won't hit an egg...

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Clouser Minnow - Saltwater

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For those of you unfamiliar with this pattern, you should learn about it quick. One of the best for you name it, bonefish, surf, snapper, redfish,...

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Blue Wing Olive

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The Blue Wing Olive is a must-have for matching one of the most consistent and important mayfly hatches across trout fisheries. When conditions tur...

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Grey Ghost

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A timeless streamer first used in Northeastern United States, now used worldwide, for sea-runs, salmon, Atlantic salmon, trout, you name it. So in...

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Adams

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The Adams is one of the most successful dry fly patterns of all time. Can be used to imitate a plethora of mayfly hatches, including baetis, call...

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Frenchie Nymph-Tungsten

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A great all purpose nymph. It simple profile and tungsten beadhead keep it rolling on the bottom and make it simply irresistible. While Pink is th...

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Barbless Elk Hair Caddis

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THE adult caddis imitation. Floats extremely well in rough water, durable, and deadly. Yep this is in everyone's Top Ten trout flies.

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Perdigon Nymph - Tungsten (Barbless)

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The Perdigon Nymph is designed for one thing—getting down fast and staying in the strike zone. Originally developed by Spanish competition anglers,...

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Goddard Caddis

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Created by fly fishing experts Andre Puyans, John Goddard, and companion Cliff Henry. The clipped deer hair makes an exact replication of the Cadd...

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Blowtorch - Tungsten (Barbless)

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The Blowtorch is one that has been requested by customers and with good reason.  It contains a natural features of a nymph, with enough attraction...

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Slumpbuster

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Big fatty trout eat a disproportionate amount of baitfish. This pattern was designed with that in mind. Expect bigger than average fish, and vicio...

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Zebra Midge Curved - Tungsten

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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 compose...

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Hare's Ear-Beadhead

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Beadhead Hare’s Ear Fly The Beadhead Hare’s Ear is one of the most versatile and reliable nymph patterns ever tied—and for good reason. Built to im...

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Sparkle Duns Dry Fly

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A great emerger, dun, or cripple pattern.  These flies ride low, have a trailing shuck, are easy to cast and see. Two excellent colors, for a plet...

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Pheasant Tail-Beadhead

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One of the top five trout nymphs ever tied on a tippet. A near perfect imitation of the blue wing olive nymph, also works great for a general mayf...

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Glo Bug

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Fish love eggs. They will eat them indiscriminately. Not just steelhead and salmon either, every fish wil eat any eggs. Don't go to Alaska without...

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Klinkhammer Dry Fly

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Deadly Effective. Strikingly Realistic. Designed to ride low in the water with the body suspended just below the surface film, the Klinkhammer Dry ...

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