What flies to fish flats2/21/2024 Permit and Triggers are known to be very spooky and picky, so I reach for the Flexos when the Bass I’m fishing for are heavily pressured or are in shallow, calm water. While those species are quite different from Striped Bass, the behavior of feeding on a flat is similar and definitely can translate. The Flexo or Alphexo crab is a relatively new pattern originally created for targeting Indo-pacific permit and triggerfish in Seychelles. When Bass are feeding on the edge of marsh grass and a mudflat, the EP Shrimp comes out of hiding. This fly is effective on sand flats but shrimp flies are my favorites for backwater or estuarine sand and mudflats. This is a staple shrimp fly in saltwater fly anglers’ boxes all over the world. 2 hackle tips (can be substituted for marabou or rabbit zonker).Dumbbell eyes (use different weights depending on where you are fishing). The basic Merkin is also the base of many other popular crab patterns that I love for Stripers such as the EP Crab and the Strong Arm Merkin. It’s like the Clouser of crab flies it’s clean, simple, and deadly effective. The Merkin is probably the flagship crab pattern across the world.
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