Suspending flies are great end-of-summer and early fall patterns in the surf, inlets, back bays, and rivers for striped bass and weakfish. By contrast, a soft-landing, suspending fly piques their curiosity; often they turn, eyeball the fly and then attack. A dependable suspending fly relies on the fly line to achieve and maintain the optimum retrieve depth. Fast forward to the late 1970s, when Bob Popovics created one of the best suspending flies of all time, the Semper Fleye. Suspending patterns and techniques that present flies at constant depth are very effective this time of the year.