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Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Stealth Bomber showing folded sheet-foam overbody, rear air-trapping foam tab, sparse bucktail-and-flash tail, half-cone diving profileReviewed technical illustration
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Stealth Bomber

Kent Edmonds's folded-sheet-foam diver and slider for bass, bream, and other warmwater fish.

Common size
FFI documents sizes #10 through #2 depending on target
Colors reviewed
black, white-chartreuse, yellow, frog and baitfish tones
Imitates
general surface prey, frog, baitfish, or large insect impression
How to recognize it

The reviewed form uses a shaped folded foam overbody with a rear air-trapping tab, sparse bucktail-and-flash tail, lightly dubbed body, and optional rubber legs. Its half-cone foam shape makes it dive, wiggle, and release bubbles before floating back up.

Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Stealth Bomber showing folded sheet-foam overbody, rear air-trapping foam tab, sparse bucktail-and-flash tail, half-cone diving profile
Technical illustration

Stealth Bomber reviewed side profile

A schematic profile emphasizing folded sheet-foam overbody and rear air-trapping foam tab.

View
reviewed side profile
Color shown
black folded foam with a white-and-chartreuse sparse tail and dark rubber legs
Look for
folded sheet-foam overbody; rear air-trapping foam tab; sparse bucktail-and-flash tail; half-cone diving profile
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On the water

Understand it. Then fish it.

The river, depth, insects, and fish behavior still decide the final presentation. These are reviewed starting points—not a claim about what is happening today.

01

When to use it

  • For bass and panfish when a fly that can slide, bloop, dive, and rise is useful.
  • Around open pockets, banks, and cover suited to the exact hook and weed guard.
02

How to fish it

  • Use soft strips for a wiggle or bloop and sharper short strips to dive and release bubbles.
  • Pause so the fly can return to the surface before the next move.
03

Mistakes to avoid

  • Flattening the foam overwing so it cannot form the half-cone that drives the action.
  • Calling every folded-foam diver a Stealth Bomber.

Variant control

Small changes matter.

Three reviewed technical illustrations show the identifying profile, construction, and fishing orientation. They are schematic field-guide aids, not photographs; different head materials, colors, sizes, and weed guards remain labeled variants.

Reviewed folded-foam form

The reviewed form uses a shaped folded foam overbody with a rear air-trapping tab, sparse bucktail-and-flash tail, lightly dubbed body, and optional rubber legs. Its half-cone foam shape makes it dive, wiggle, and release bubbles before floating back up.
Colors shown
black, white-chartreuse, yellow, frog and baitfish tones
Weighting
Head material, ballast, hook orientation, and weed guards remain labeled when they change action or depth.

Related patterns

Warmwater Slider and Diver Patterns ↗Warmwater Surface Bug Patterns ↗Sneaky Pete Slider ↗

Review trail

Sources, rights, and limits.

Pattern facts were reviewed on 2026-07-12. Every image has its own rights record and exact label; natural specimens and hand-tied flies can vary in proportion.

Pattern sources

Fly Fishers InternationalFly of the Month: Stealth Bomber↗On The Fly SouthKent Edmonds's Stealth Bomber↗

Image credits