Watch "Amazon Peacocks & Maine Smallmouths" with Jim & Kelly Watts

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Read "Some of Marbury's Favorite Bass and Fancy Lake Flies" by John Betts (Winter 1998)

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Experience our collection: "Getting a Rhead on Smallmouth Bass"

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Read "The Choice of Flies" by Louis Rhead (Spring 1975)

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Watch "Masters of Fly Tying Ft. Bob Clouser & Lefty Kreh"

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A screenshot featuring a white man holding his right hand out palm up. A bamboo rod is laid across it, the cork handle touching his thumb, and a fly rests along the base of his fingers.

Watch "Fishing the Collection: Carp on Bamboo" (Season 2, E2)

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Curator's corner

1974.013.008

Mouse bass fly
Wooden fly in form of a mouse…see more.

2023.041.032

Jose Wejebe with Flip Pallot
Jose with Flip Pallot on an airboat, Wejebe holding a largemouth bassn…see more.

1980.059.059

Patriotic bass bug made by Joe Brooks
Novelty fly with American flag…see more.

2018.051.034

H. M. Hunter fly tying vise design drawings
Collection of 22 drawings and technical sketches for design of fly tying vise components…see more.

1967.001.004

Carded Black Bass Fly, circa 1890s
Gut eyed bass fly on card, Blue Belle pattern, trade mark logo…see more.

2022.001.054

W. Duke Sons & Co. Cigarette Card
Muskallonge, from the series Fishers and Fish (N74) for Duke brand cigarettes…see more.