The Stealth Adds New Territory & New Species

Here's an email Gene M in Iowa sent me recently about his success with the Stealth Bomber -

"In a recent discussion on the net, the subject of bass flies came up. When it got around to the Stealth Bomber I said I was a real fan and had taken my personal best bass on one. Steve from DP Poppers gave me the link to your site and suggested I drop you a note........I built my first one from a description given by a buddy who had seen one on TV. I came pretty close for never having seen one and it's fast become a favorite........ Remembering that Iowa is in "The Black Hole" of bass fishing and a five pounder is a good fish, here's a couple pics........The fish taken with the black bomber was 23 1/2" X 17 1/2"........Thanks for sharing a great fly."

And here's an excerpt from an email Duncan S. sent me recently about his success in saltwater with the Stealth Bomber -

"Thought I would pass along something I have learned as I have been trying to fish the inshore areas around Gulf Shores...at first I did like the books and magazines said, deceivers, clousers, etc.and I caught a lot of small trash fish... but no trout and no reds. One day ...the only floating fly I had down here was a pretty beat up Stealth Bomber so I tied it on and took off for the grass flats area.... into the deeper part of the water, let the fly land, rest a few seconds, gave it three quick strips and let is rest again, and wham, a 15 inch trout. Two cast later I caught a 24 inch trout. In the next hour, I had caught 5 trout, two of them in the 23 -24 inch range, and a small Red...What they seem to like best is a white bomber with gold flash with a strip and pause action...Anyway, I thought you would like to know that the Stealth Bomber is appreciated by Speckled Trout and Redfish as much as by freshwater Bass.

Other non-local species reports -

Janet P - northern pike - yellow & red stealth

Steve D - baby tarpon & snook

By the way, Steve Davenport is tying stealth bombers & selling them on his website.

And then here's some feedback from the shoal bass over on the Flint....the inset and the fly in the foreground evidence the response of the shoalies to this "FP" version of the Stealth. The fly at the top of the photo is how the lower fly started off - smooth foam and a double zonker strip for the tail. After a day with the shoal bass (and some red-breasts too), the foam is ragged and the rabbit zonker stripped almost to the hide. This may be the new version though, as the fish were still eating the pitiful little thing when we quit. ;)

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