Materials:
Hook - Mustad 34001, size 1 or 1/0
Thread - Flat waxed nylon, olive (olive/white clouser) or chartreuse (chartreuse/white clouser)
Underwing - White bucktail
Flash - Pearl and rootbeer or gold (olive/white clouser) or pearl (chartreuse/white clouser) krystal flash or flashabou
Overwing - Olive or chartreuse
Eyes - hourglass eyes to match the fly size

Comments: Clouser Minnows work just about everywhere on just about any fish, and they certainly work well for Striped Bass on Cape Cod. On Cape Cod, clouser minnows were typically tied sparsely to imitate sandeels or other small fish. Olive-and-white was probably my first pick, but chartreuse-and-white was also very productive. These flies worked well whether bounced along the bottom in the surf, drifted in current, or sight-cast to cruising stripers. I usually used large barbell eyes to help get the fly down in the water column.