Flashy Flies for Aggressive Fish

There are only a few things I am not done preparing for this winter, and this cold stretch has helped me build up both: my striper and pike fly selections.

 
These monstrosities will take big largemouth too, you just have to cover more water than with smaller flies.

I tied these hoping to get some likeness to a peanut bunker, but I'm sure they'll do fine whenever bass or blues are feeding on rain bait.

And finally, sand eels. I've tied a bunch of veriations but to my eyes this looks the fishiest. Sparse flash, sparse marabou, and just a bit of fine secret synthetic. It looks goof, but the fish will be the final judge.