Gonna try to catch some stripers during their annual spawning run up the Roanoke River here in North Carolina next weekend. From what I understand these are primarily saltwater fish that come in to spawn and/or chase/eat the shad that run up the same river the 2-3 weeks prior.

So I'm tying a bunch of Clousers, mostly chartreuse over white with just a little crystal flash. I have seen many comercially available saltwater Clouser patterns that have a lot more/bigger flash than what I have tied mine with. Is more flash always better when it comes to stripers? Or is the excess flash thrown in just to sell more flies?

I don't know if this makes much difference but the water clarity is typically pretty poor and we're catching these in water < 20' deep.

Thanks in advance..