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Float and Fly Gets it Done

 | By Seamus on 9/22/2025 3:45:00 PM | Views (2)

 
A wooden egg float with a pink
Deceiver fly was the hot set up
yesterday for stripers and albies.

I hit a pile of fussy stripers yesterday in front of me that were feeding on small bay anchovies.  Most fishermen who were tossing large plugs could not even get a sniff. So, I snapped on one of my old "finesse fishing" favorites in this situation, the float and fly.  The set up here was a wooden egg float with three feet of 30 lb. test Varivas fluoro trailing off with a homemade pink Deceiver tied at the end of the fluoro.  That pink Deceiver had the profile and movement of the bay anchovies and the pink hackles used on the tail acted as an attractor. In the past this fly was my most effective in this situation.

First cast in tight, had a hit.  Second cast in tight, hooked and landed a slot striper.  On the fifth cast, I decided to toss it way out.  Couple of cranks of the reel and BANG-  hooked, fought and landed a good sized albie when nothing was showing. 

The beauty of this set up is that it is very effective for stripers AND albies. While metal and epoxy jigs will lure the albies to hit, I never found them to be very effective for stripers.


My pink Deceiver fly is in the mouth of a slot striper


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A few casts later I landed this albie on the float and fly.

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Catch Information

Species:
Little Tunny
Little Tunny

Striped Bass
Striped Bass

This Fishing Report was submitted on 9/22/2025 3:45:00 PM by Seamus and last updated on 9/29/2025 9:47:27 AM.


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2000 Sailfish Point
Manteo, NC US

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