Tim Flagler's Top 5 Flies for Smallmouth Bass

Learn more about Douglas at douglasoutdoor...
Douglas Pro and renowned fly tyer, Tim Flagler, shares his top 5 flies for smallmouth bass.
✅ Find a shop near you: douglasoutdoor...
✅ Let's Connect!
FLY FISHING
/ douglasflyfishing
/ douglasflyfishing
SPIN & CAST FISHING
/ douglasspinandcast
/ douglasspinandcast
/ douglasrods
✅ About Douglas Outdoors:
Douglas Outdoors is a manufacturer of premium quality fishing rods, raising the expectations that anglers should expect in componentry, design, engineering, craftsmanship and in-turn performance. Led by Head Rod Designer Fred Contaoi, Douglas has achieved award winning rods featuring eye opening strength to weight ratios and dialed-in technique specific actions & tapers that cater to a host of different species. Douglas Outdoors truly has an impressive lineup of products that range from fly rods dedicated to huge tarpon to spinning rods for tiny panfish and everything between.

[@DouglasOutdoors]

What's your favorite fly for Smallmouth?

[@markkasick]

A slightly downsized Murdoch Minnow.

[@Nubenhoofer]

Swimmy Jimmy

[@TheStreamUrchin1]

Nice to see the man behind the fingers

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Cool selection

[@jimholland1592]

Thanks Tim😉
Just caught my PB Brim a few minutes ago it was huge. I visiting in NC. Love chasing Brim😉

[@clipperguysays]

For the wolly and the clouser... what size hook is ideal for smallies?

[@brycealthoff8092]

Anything from 6 to 4 is pretty common for most smallmouth streamers. Sometimes up to 1/0.

[@mikenesbit4793]

Are all of those flies you could swing on a single hand Spey?

[@Nubenhoofer]

You probably aren't gonna want to swing a craw presentation. Those are best cast straight upstream into the seam of an eddy around big rocks. Slow stripping on a tight line making slight contact with the bottom. The others (beside the popper, ob-v) are suitable for swinging, on ANY kind of rod suitable for streamer fishing, not just spey.

[@Podobed]

A TERRIBLE top 5 lol