{{+1}}Clouser – synthetic{{-1}}
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The Clouser in my view is the quintessential salt water fly. It can be tied in sizes to suit Bream or Bill fish and with the correct dressing and size is equally at home in salt water, trout and bass fisheries. Many flies whilst not acknowledging their heritage are based on the Clouser recipe. Have a good look at David Dodd’s Bream Fly or John Schofield’s Bass Vampire and you will see that at the very least are influenced by the Clouser recipe and specifically dressed for Bream & Bass respectfully.
The original Bob Clouser recipe calls for the use of Bucktail as the dominant dressing for the fly. It works very well but on the down side it's not a durable fly and you may want to consider using more durable materials as in this synthetic clouser.
I have tied this fly with Faux Bucktail which Fish Scull have specifically engineered for tying clousers and other flies. The only thing you need to keep in mind when swapping over to Faux Bucktail is that as it is not hollow like real Bucktail and therfor has to be tied in differently and that the tips are all the same length prior to being trimmed off the shank whereas the tips on real Bucktail are all just a little different in length ... so here is how you tie a clouser using Faux Bucktail.
Materials
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Mustard 34007 Stainless steel but other similar shaped hooks can be used. | Uni big fly thread. | Spirit River Real Plus eyes in size 3/16" | Veevus Denier 100 | Fish Scull Faux Bucktail - white | Pearl krystal flash. | Fish Scull Faux Bucktail - white | Fish Scull Faux Bucktail - chartreuse |
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