As for one fly to imitate the small menhaden try the minnow pattern from the last "fly of the week" on this site. I saw that and immediately thought of the small menhaden. The fly works having caught many large bluefish and several stripers which were folowing the schools of blues picking up the injured baitfish. I made one change to the pattern however because I didn't have the body materia called for. I substituted polar chenille in silver or pearl. Hope this helps. Ron