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The fly was originated by fly angler and author Lefty Kreh in the Chesapeake Bay for striped bass. The original fly was tied to resemble smelt , a common striped bass forage. The Deceiver is arguably the best known saltwater fly pattern in the world and in 1991 the U.S. Postal Service honored Kreh’s creation with a postage stamp.
Jigging is the practice of fishing with a jig, a type of weighted fishing lure. A jig consists of a heavy metal (typically lead ) sinker with an attached fish hook that is usually obscured inside a soft lure or feather-like decorations.
The Mickey Finn originated in Eastern Canada in the late 19th century and was known as the Red and Yellow Bucktail. In Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing (1950), Joseph D. Bates Jr. relates the story of the Mickey Finn.
The largest striped bass ever caught by angling was an 81.8 lb specimen taken in Westbrook, Connecticut on August 4, 2011. [3] The striped bass will swim up rivers a hundred miles or more, and in Maine they are quite plentiful in the Penobscot River and Kennebec River.
Bucktail may refer to: Bucktails, the name of a political faction in New York State or the 13th Pennsylvania Reserves, an American Civil War unit; Bucktail State Park Natural Area, Pennsylvania; Bucktail, Nebraska, an unincorporated community; Buck-tail, the end opposite the head of a rivet; Bucktail, a type of jig or fishing lure (see jigging
Classic 19th-century artificial fly – The Triumph. An artificial fly or fly lure is a type of fishing lure, usually used in the sport of fly fishing (although they may also be used in other forms of angling).