| Weather I am going fly fishing to the mountains trout | | | | have ever watched Bass Master's on television, you |
| fishing or the coast for some saltwater fishing or just | | | | have noticed that many of the lures they use imitate |
| a few hours on a farm pond or local lake, there is | | | | minnows. For largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing, |
| one fly that I am never without. Because all fish at | | | | the best colors are chartreuse, silver and black. For |
| some point in their lives feed on minnows than why | | | | crappie bass the best colors are chartreuse or yellow |
| wouldn't you carry the best minnow imitation fly with | | | | in smaller sizes. You can even catch pan fish, brim, |
| you where ever you are going fishing. | | | | sunfish, and blue gill with even smaller sizes. |
| The Clouser's minnow is without a doubt the most | | | | For saltwater fishing there is no better fly to have |
| productive fly that has ever been tied. Because the | | | | with you than a Clouser's minnow. I remember the |
| Clouser's minnow is tied upside down, the weighted | | | | first time I was preparing to go saltwater fly fishing |
| eyes cause this fly to work with the hook facing up, | | | | for the first time I went to my local fly shop and |
| making it almost weed less. This fly can be striped | | | | asked what the best fly to buy. Both of the people |
| fast making it look like a healthy minnow or it can be | | | | there told me that if they were going to the coast, |
| worked slowly working through underwater rocks | | | | they would not go if they did not have an |
| and trees and brush. | | | | assortment of Clouser's with them. The Clouser's |
| I have caught large freshwater trout with a Clouser's | | | | minnow When stripping the Clouser's fast I have |
| minnow from Maine to the southern Appalachians, as | | | | caught more bluefish, false albacore, tarpon and |
| well as northern Arizona, Colorado, Montana, | | | | snook, drum, sea trout, redfish, permit and ever |
| Washington state, and Alaska. Large trout at some | | | | bonefish than can remember. Stripping it slower I |
| point in their development must adapt to catching | | | | have even caught flounder with the Clouser's Minnow. |
| and consuming food larger that small fly. They begin | | | | The Clouser's Minnow, in various colors is the only fly |
| feeding on crayfish, mice, and minnows. These larger | | | | that I carry with me weather I am going fishing for |
| food sources offer large trout a larger meal with a | | | | freshwater trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, |
| minimal expense of energy. The most productive | | | | crappie bass, pan fish, or saltwater fishing. If you use |
| colors for catching large trout are either the silver or | | | | the right colors in the right sizes and learn how to |
| the chartreuse Clouser. | | | | present these flies properly you can catch fish |
| I have also caught largemouth bass, smallmouth bass | | | | wherever there are fish. |
| and crappie bass with the Clouser's minnow. If you | | | | |