Tarpon Slider Fly – Redfish Slider, Saltwater Gamefish Fly

A versatile saltwater slider designed for tarpon, redfish, and other hard-fighting inshore gamefish. Measuring 3.5 inches long, this pattern features a black rabbit strip tail and body for lifelike movement, paired with a proven purple, black, and red color combination.

Description

The Tarpon Slider is designed to create a natural, vulnerable presentation that gamefish find difficult to resist. These flies land softly, have neutral buoyancy, and offer plenty of movement without creating an overly aggressive splash or disturbance.

The black rabbit strip tail and body provide excellent motion in the water, even when fished slowly. The head is constructed from a purple and black synthetic dubbing brush with a contrasting red throat, creating an attractive baitfish-style profile.

This combination of movement, subtle presentation, and proven saltwater colors makes the Tarpon Slider a useful pattern for a variety of inshore fishing situations.

Why Fish the Tarpon Slider?

• Soft landing: Helps make a subtle presentation in shallow water.

• Neutral buoyancy: Allows the fly to maintain a natural position in the water.

• Rabbit strip construction: Creates lifelike movement with very little effort from the angler.

• Proven color combination: Purple, black, and red provide an attractive profile for tarpon and other gamefish.

• Versatile saltwater pattern: Suitable for tarpon, redfish, and other coastal predators.

How to Fish It

Fish the Tarpon Slider with short, controlled strips and occasional pauses. Allow the rabbit strip to move naturally between strips. Vary your retrieve depending on the activity level of the fish and the conditions.

The soft landing and natural movement make this a particularly useful pattern when presenting a fly to fish in shallow water.

Capt. Ken’s Guide Tips

When fishing the flats and backcountry, presentation can be just as important as fly selection. A fly that lands softly and moves naturally can be especially useful around wary fish. I like using short strips with pauses to let the rabbit material do the work. Don't overwork this pattern—sometimes less action is more effective.

Details

• Pattern: Tarpon Slider / Redfish Slider

• Length: Approximately 3.5 inches

• Hook: Size #2/0 saltwater hook

• Tail and Body: Black rabbit strip

• Head: Purple and black synthetic dubbing brush

• Throat: Red

• Buoyancy: Neutral

• Target Species: Tarpon, redfish, and other saltwater gamefish

A lively, soft-landing saltwater slider with plenty of movement and an attractive profile. Add the Tarpon Slider to your flats fly box for your next inshore fishing adventure.

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Single Fly and  3 packs 

BHO offers a great selection of Custom Fishing Flies designed by Professional Fly Fishing Guides. Our fly selection is carefully chosen simply by the flies effectiveness at catching fish. You will find some innovative local patterns along with tried and proven standard patterns. Guides affiliated with BHO are top professionals who chase game fish in both fresh and salt water. Our selection is a reflection of their many years of putting clients on various species of game fish.

About Baxter House Outfitters and Capt. Kens Custom Flies.

Baxter House outfitters in Roscoe NY is in it's 3 decade. We are well known for our hard working guide staff and our custom fly patterns. Many of the flies we sell are custom Guide Flies designed by Capt. Ken Tutalo and other guides on our staff.  The flies that we put in our bins are of the highest quality. Capt. Ken works closely with the fly tyers that provide our stock. You will find our flies to be well above the cheap commercial imports that many sell online. All of our flies are backed by our no questions asked money back guarantee.