This fly has been designed to have an obvious bait fish profile and is my ‘goto’ fly when targeting sighted big ambush predators or pelagics or when prospecting for the same predators around structure. This is a big fly with the #4/0 version being 11.5 cm long but because it’s unweighted it’s relatively easy to cast.
This is my favourite version of the clouser for use when targeting fish holding deep and is tied with H2O slinky fibre which makes the fly present as slightly translucent.
Matching the hatch is the key to catching pelagics such as queenfish, tuna, Australian salmon and herring on fly. These unweighted flies are like candy to pelagic fish because they closely match the form and function of a lot of naturals they are targeting. In smaller sizes, particularly in pink, they are a handy fly for targeting flathead and bream in estuary waters.
This fly is designed as a simple yet effective fly to be fished behind my articulated popper heads.
If your targeting Barramundi this is great prospecting fly for both fresh and salt tropical waters. It’s dressed in popular Qantas colours of red head and white body that is popular with so many barra type hard body and soft plastic type lures. With an overall length of a size from 9 cm to 15cm these are big flies for big fish so I suggest that you fish them on a #10 weight outfit.
The original thing was pink and white and was tied by Graham White of Darwin the early 80’s. It got its name “pink thing” when one of his mates asked for “a lend of one of those pink things”. Whilst the “pink thing” was tied as a barra fly it has turned out to be a great dirty water fly for a range of tropical species.
