I tie my mutant clousers in a range of colours and from size #1 up to #4/0 and if I could only carry one colour that would be olive over UV shrimp. That one colour tied in a range of sizes covers a big cross section of fish that I target in Central Queensland.
In the smaller sizes it’s great for estuary and coastal species such as bream, flathead and whiting. Moving up to #2/0 sizes and you have smaller pelagics, drummer, fingermark and jacks covered and in the #3/0 and #4/0 sizes you ready to target big pelagics including tuna, queenies, mackerel and GT’s.
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Materials
| Hook | Dumbbell eye thread | Dumbbell eyes | Thread | Beard | Belly | back |
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| Mustard 34007 Stainless steel #1 to #4/0 | Uni big fly thread. | Spirit River Real Plus eyes – white with black pupil | Veevus Denier 100 | SF Flash Blend – white | SF Flash Blend – shrimp, white or off white | SF Flash Blend – wild olive |
The only colour combinations I tie this fly in are:
Natural- olive over shrimp
Qantas – red over off white
Guns & roses – red over chartreuse
Brown Bomber – black over bronze back & orange
Pink – pink over pink and/or white