Mara Wiggler

The Mara Wiggler is a smaller articulated streamer that can suggest a baitfish, leech, sculpin, or general vulnerable prey depending on how you fish it. Redd’s describes it as a compact articulated pattern built for movement without an oversized profile.

Fish the Mara Wiggler when trout are interested in movement but not fully committing to giant streamers. It is a good choice for banks, runs, pools, structure, and moderate trout water where you want streamer action without throwing a wet sock with a hook in it.

Fish it with strips, pauses, swings, and direction changes. Let the articulation work: strip it, stop it, let it wiggle, then move it again. The reference material notes that baitfish imitations often work best when they look vulnerable—fluttering, struggling, sinking, or separated—rather than swimming in one boring straight line.

Use it around undercut banks, deeper seams, soft edges, pool heads, tailouts, and structure where trout can ambush prey. Bigger trout often hold lower in the water column where current is slower and food comes by with less effort, so a compact streamer that can work through those lanes earns its keep.

Choose the Mara Wiggler when you want articulated movement in a smaller, more fishable package. It gives trout the wiggle and trigger of a streamer without the oversized profile that can turn off pressured or half-interested fish. In plain English: it brings the dance moves without showing up in clown shoes.