Ray's quest for a Clouser/Bugger hybrid http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/s...hind-the-times got me curious. Started poking around the interweb and hit upon Harry Murray's Marauder, described as a "cross between a wooly bugger and a Clouser Minnow". Bingo, I thought, 'till I saw a picture - looked like a lead-eyed bugger with an ostrich tail; definitely fishy looking but the Clouser DNA appeared to be (deeply) recessive/receded. Decided to play around with the basic format and came up with this; change colors to suit your needs.
hook - TMC 5263 #4
thread - UTC 140 brown olive
eyes - brass dumbell
rib - x-fine wire gold
tail/wing - ostrich herl brown/olive
flash - Krystal Flash rootbeer
body - estaz rootbeer
hackle - olive dyed grizzly
Part 1
start thread, create a bump (helps hold the eye in place)
tie on the eye (crosswrap, figure-8; you know the drill), brush on a little Super Glue
tie in rib, wrap to bend
measure (shank length) a clump of ostrich, tie in/trim
tie in KF; fold and wrap back to bend
tie in estaz, wrap to eye; tie down but don't trim