Wild One
I don?t get a chance to fish FW bass very often, but do a bit for their cousins in the striped pjs in salt. One of the challenges is presenting a big fly that?s also easy to cast. These are easy ties with bucktail to give a big profile in the water, with minimal bulk. They all more or less suspend in the water, and you can fish them very slowly. You might consider these as alternatives to EP Flies, Rabbit Strips and spun deerhair divers.

The flatwings can even by dead drifted in current to wiggle waggle their way around. The key to tying all of them is tying them very, very sparse for easier casting and better action in the water. I like to blend colors to match some of the iridescence, for example in the white first layer of the rays fly, I?ll throw in few strands of yellow and pink too. Use whatever colors and sizes float your boat. In stained water black and chartreuse seem particularly good.

I?ve included links with step by steps because it?s key to the construction of these things.
Here are the ones with BT:

Ray?s Fly Ray Bondorew (gives a long narrow minnow profile) I tie them on a 2/0 hook about 8? long.
http://www.stripermoon.com/flyarch/arc1.html

Hollow Flye (a Bob Popovic pattern) (deep bodied profile that pushes a lot of water even when sparse.)
http://www.aswf.org/saltwater_flies_...ob_hollow.html

Flat wings:
The hardest part about tying these are finding long narrow saddles. When I can find them I?ll tie them up to 18? long on a 3/0. Stripers rarely short strike and aim for the heads of baitfish so hook ups aren?t a problem. Hopefully LM and SM do too. Bluefish have a tendency to cut off the tails.

RLS Nine Three and RLS Supervisor Flatwings (Kenny Abrams patterns)
http://www.stripermoon.com/flyarch/arc2.html

East Coast Ghost (based on Kenny?s style)
http://www.stripermoon.com/flyarch/ecg/ecg.html

All of these are best tied on a short shank hook to prevent fouling I use Eagle Claw 254. Eagle Claw 253 is also a good choice, and I?m sure that there are others out there that are comparable. Using an easier to find Mustad 34007 or 3407with a standard shank isn?t a catastrophe, but stay away from 4 and 3xl streamer hooks. I pinch down the barbs and use one of those yellow handle Luhr Jensen hook hones ($6) to put a cutting edge on the top and front of the point (not a needle point) to allow solid hook sets (use a strip set, not rod tip) before tying.

Hope this helps. Have your father-in-law buy you a beer at the Brown Jug when you out fish him.

Good luck,
peregrines