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Black /
bluegill /
Brown /
Estaz /
Hellgrammite /
marabou /
Ostrich /
panfish /
Saddle /
smallmouth /
Murray's Marauder (Brown)
tied by letumgoFly Type: Weighted,
Target Species: Freshwater Bass,
Recommended Region: Northeast US,
Material List: Hook -
Mustad 9672 (Sizes 4 thru 10) or equivallent
Thread -
Black 6/0
Weight - Heavy Lead Eyes (This thing if fished along the bottom)
Tail - Ostrich Plume (Tied in by the butts so soft tips can move in current. Ostrich is used instead of marabou to prevent the material from folding back over the hook point and fouling the hook.)
Body - Pearlesent Estaz - Rootbeer / Large
Hackel -
Brown Saddle Hackel (Stiff stuff)
Tying Instructions: Tied in the order the materials are listed above. This fly is tied like a cross between a wooly bugger and a Clouser Minnow.
Presentation Tips: Cast quartering upstream and let sink to the bottom. Fish dead drift style.
