Matlacha Minnow

Deadly on Smallmouth ! I named this fly after Matlacha, Florida, a very fishy small town located on the Gulf of Mexico in SW Florida, where I have fished many times. After creating this fly at my tying desk in Indiana, Matlacha, FL is where it was first tested on fish. It came through in a big way, especially on Snook, Sea Trout, Pompano, Jacks, even Tarpon and Cuda, but it mostly gets a full time workout on Smallmouth, Largemouth, White Bass and Gar. I’ve literally landed over 1,000 fish on this fly from Saltwater to freshwater. A perfect crossover baitfish fly from fresh to Saltwater! It’s tied on a Gamakatsu SC 15 saltwater hook, perfect size hook for both bass and Saltwater. It weighs nearly nothing with the bead chain eyes, so you can cast it a mile, it’s roughly 3.5 inches long, it’s visible from a good distance to both the angler and the fish, it shows up very well in stained water, due to its’ polar flash tail, and the pink glow in the dark gill. It rides up right with the hook point down, even when tied with small dumbbell eyes. The polar flash tail sways back and forth on the retrieve and bulks up on the pause. Many times you will actually see the fish eat this fly since the fly is so visible throughout the retrieve, which is way cool. The bead chain gives the fly a slow to medium sink rate, this fly does sink and does not float. Put the fly on an intermediate/ sink tip to get the fly down towards the bottom if needed.