FLY
Stealth Bomber
Stealth Bomber recipe
| Hook | Stinger style, Size 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Denier 140 or 210 to match Foam Color & Hook Size |
| Tail Flash | Ice Dub Minnow Back Shimmer Fringe, EP Fiber, SF Fiber, Craft Fur, or Opal Tinsel |
| Tail | Chartreuse Bucktail or Color of Choice |
| Underbody | Life Flex, FNF Jelly, Diamond Braid, Cactus Chenille or dubbing in Color Choice |
| Body | 2mm Foam |
| Wing | Krystal Flash or Tinsel |
| Legs | Round rubber or Silicone barred |
About this fly
The Stealth Bomber is a foam fly pattern designed by Kent Edmonds. The fly pattern acts like both a diver and a slider depending on the aggressiveness of your retrieve. It was ideally designed and tied for freshwater largemouth bass and bluegill sunfish. However, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, rock bass as well as trout will strike this fly pattern aggressively. The position and shape of the foam allows the fly pattern to be both a slider and a diver. The foam is tied in a loop which creates an air pocket when retrieved, diving down with a captured bubble of air. The generation of air bubbles creates a noisy disturbance on the surface that fish cannot resist territorially. Keeping the foam on the top of the hook shank helps this fly pattern sit lower and increases the amount of hook ups as compared to traditional warmwater divers and sliders. Although the foam is best prepared with a form cutter, the template for the fly pattern may be copied and sized instead. Black, chartreuse, orange, white and yellow are favorite colors that are well proven to be highly effective depending on water clarity. The larger sizes make it difficult to also catch sunfish, thus, use small sizes for a variety catch and large sizes to limit your catch to bass and trout. Foam Template: http://www.flyfishga.com/The%20Stealth%20Bomber%20Fly.pdf
What the Stealth Bomber imitates
- Foam popper / slider
Where the Stealth Bomber came from
- Originated by Kent Edmonds, 1990, Georgia. Early 1990s; foam answer to deer-hair heads that waterlogged. Named for B-2 look around the first Gulf War.Source: On The Fly South - Kent Edmonds' Stealth Bomber
- Derived from Turck's Tarantula. Edmonds set out to copy the Tarantula's action in foam after a Henry's Fork trip.Source: On The Fly South - Kent Edmonds' Stealth Bomber
- Derived from Dahlberg Diver. Cited as one of three influences.Source: On The Fly South - Kent Edmonds' Stealth Bomber
- Derived from Whitlock's Diving Frog. Cited as one of three influences.Source: On The Fly South - Kent Edmonds' Stealth Bomber
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