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Flashtail Clouser

Baitfish · Striped Bass · Bluefish · False Albacore · Jack · Tarpon · Snook · Redfish · Intermediate · 1 version

Reference Recipe

  • Hook Standard saltwater/streamer, straight eye, #1-#4
  • Thread White 3/0

Materials

  • Eyes Silver/lead dumbbell (1 pair, sized to hook)
  • Flashtail Pearl flashabou (10-12 strands Flashabou)
  • Belly (lower wing) White uni stretch (small clump bucktail)
  • Flash Pearl flashabou (6-8 strands Krystal Flash)
  • Wing (upper) Chartreuse arctic fox (small clump bucktail)

How to tie it

  1. Mount the hook and lash the dumbbell eyes on top of the shank one-third back from the eye with tight figure-8 wraps, then jam-lock with a few turns beneath.
  2. At the bend tie in a tail of Flashabou a full shank length long so it trails behind the hook; this is the flashtail that sets this Clouser apart.
  3. Rotate or flip the hook eyes-up and tie a sparse clump of white bucktail just behind the eye, then wrap in front of and behind the dumbbell so it sweeps back under the shank.
  4. Lay 6-8 strands of Krystal Flash over the white as a middle flash layer.
  5. Turn the hook point-down and tie a chartreuse bucktail wing over the top, keeping it half as thick as instinct suggests so it stays slim.
  6. Build a small tapered head, whip finish, and add a drop of cement.

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