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Clouser Mini-Sunfish

Streamer · Trout · Smallmouth Bass · Largemouth Bass · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

• Hook 2XL-3XL streamer hook, 4-8
• Thread Olive 140 denier

Materials

• Eyes Lead (small dumbbell (rides hook-up))
• Belly Orange/yellow material (bucktail, sparse)
• Flash Gold/copper flash (few strands Krystal Flash)
• Wing Olive over gold (bucktail)
• Bars Dark permanent marker (marker, vertical)

How to tie it

1. Mount the hook and start thread; lash a small lead dumbbell at the 75% mark so the hook rides point-up.
2. Tie a sparse orange-into-yellow bucktail belly behind the eye, angled forward over the dumbbell, about one and a half shanks long.
3. Flip the hook and add a few strands of gold or copper flash.
4. Tie a thin band of gold bucktail, then a slim olive topping over it, so the fly reads dark-over-light like a small bluegill.
5. Wrap a neat head, whip finish, and snip.
6. Draw a few short vertical bars along the wing with a marker to suggest a sunfish flank.

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