This fly has been one of the shop’s smallmouth guides go to patterns for many seasons. The Murdich is a great searching fly for huge river smallmouth. Bart starting fishing this pattern about 7 years ago after watching an angler in front of him catch fish after fish on a floating Rapala. He came into the shop searching for the largest baitfish flies we had. The Murdich was originally designed as a striper fly but will go down in history as one of the finest mid-river baitfish patterns created. Since that time this has proven itself on even the most difficult days on the water. Enjoy.
Thread: GSP-White
Hook: TMC 8089 Size 10
Tail: White Bucktail, Silver and Pearl Flashabou
Collar: White Ice Fur
Head: Pearl Estaz
Eyes: 5.0 Prisma (glued on with zap-a-gel)
Top Color: Cool Gray Prisma Color
Fishing Notes: Fish this fly around wood, mid-river humps and weed beds. The great thing about this fly is that is suspends and does not get hung up as easily as a clouser or a muppet. We fish it on RIO 10lb Bass leaders, trimming them back 2 feet and adding 2 feet of 10lb Chameleon Maxima. The Maxima Chameleon is the perfect color to match our tanin stained rivers. Give us a shout if you have any questions and good luck.
