Description
Squimpish Big Fly Brush offers a fast, durable solution for tying massive streamer profiles without adding excessive water-weight to the hook shank. Constructed by blending synthetic Squimpish hair with subtle internal flash on a stainless steel wire core, this material sheds water almost instantly on the backcast while maintaining a translucent, lifelike swim when submerged.
These dense brushes excel in environments requiring large, water-pushing patterns, such as murky musky rivers, heavy saltwater rips, or deep bass lakes. Anglers targeting apex predators lean on this material to build articulated streamers or large baitfish imitations because the long fiber blend flares out to create wide shoulders that still cast efficiently on 8- to 12-weight rods.
How to Use It
Wrap the wire core directly around the hook shank or articulated shank in tight, touching turns to quickly build the body or head of a streamer. After every full wrap, aggressively pick out the trapped fibers using a bodkin or stiff dubbing teaser, sweeping the material back toward the bend of the hook to prevent matting and maintain a wide, flared profile.
To finish the fly, tie off the wire core securely with heavy denier thread, cut the excess wire with designated wire snips to save your fine tying scissors, and trim the overarching fibers into your specific desired baitfish taper.
Why We Like It
The Squimpish Big Fly Brush blend uniquely balances stiffness and mobility, preventing the fibers from completely collapsing against the hook under strong river currents or fast stripping retrieves. The integration of varied fiber lengths within the brush creates a natural, staggered taper right off the wire, eliminating the need to stack multiple layers of separate materials or spin complex composite loops.
This material drastically cuts down tying time for large, complex articulated streamers while yielding a reinforced, wire-wrapped pattern capable of surviving multiple toothy fish strikes. The synthetic fibers hold their shape indefinitely, ensuring the fly swims with the exact same broad profile on its fiftieth cast as it did on its first.
Example Flies
Musky Double Deceiver: Wrapping this brush around the front articulated shank creates a broad, pushing head that moves water efficiently while matching the large volume of the rear saddle hackles. The wire core adds just enough subtle structural weight to help the fly break the surface tension and get down without ruining the pattern's neutral suspension on the pause.
Giant Trevally Brush Fly: Tying the material tightly near the eye over a hollow-tied base of bucktail yields a robust baitfish imitation that pushes through heavy oceanic chop. The synthetic fibers refuse to absorb water, keeping the massive 8-inch fly light enough to deliver rapid, accurate casts to cruising GTs on the flats.
Squimpish Big Fly Brush vs EP Streamer Brush
While both materials utilize a wire core to build rapid bulk on large patterns, EP Streamer Brushes consist of entirely uniform, heavily crimped synthetic fibers that pack down tightly to form a stiff, rigid profile. The Squimpish Big Fly Brush blends multi-length, straighter fibers with a coarser texture, producing a sparse, highly translucent bulk that swims with a fluid, erratic action rather than a uniform push.