[FishyboY]

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by FishyboY:

Clouser Minnow

[David Legg]

Nice! I like the color scheme on that!

[FishyboY]

i hope to get into some saltwater fishing soon! so i tied some of these up today!

[fcflyguy]

You cant go wrong with a clouser
nice job
FC

[tidewaterfly]

Can't go wrong with chartreuse & white! Nice Tie! You might consider tying a few with some variation in the eye position & size. Maybe longer too for that size hook. Saltwater flies don't always have to be heavily weighted. I was just reading an article in a old Fly Tyer magazine about properly tying Clousers, and it reminded me of this. I tend to also tie mine too heavy at times & the eyes too far forward, and too short, but since I fish a lot of shallow water, they can be affective tied lighter & longer, depending on the species you're after.

Try smaller size eyes & move them back along the shank about another eye diameter or 2. They'll still ride hook point up, but will glide a bit more when retrieved, instead of a pronounced jigging action. Both can be productive when the situation requires.

I just purchased some eyes & will try to post a few pictures when I get time to tie up some Clousers!

I'll post the info for the article too, in case anyone has the old issue & wants to read it.

[FishyboY]

wow tide thanks for the reply never knew that! i used these eyes becasue they were the only ones i had! I wanted to make the tail longer but my hooks were a tad big...

i did a step by step of this on my blog so you can check it out!

[tidewaterfly]

Nice Blog you have there! Really good looking flies too!

The gliding thing is something few folks think about when tying Clousers. It is after all, still a streamer fly & the gliding is one of the things that often makes them very productive. Feather wing streamers most time have this type action. Think of it in comparison, as between a bucktail jig & a suspending jerk bait!

When you move the eyes back along the shank, during the fall of the fly, it's attitude tends to be more horizontal, like a real baitfish slowly descending. It can be a real killer when they're not interested in the jigging action heavier eyes induces.

I often forget too, and use eyes that are heavier than I really need, because I have them.

The article I was reading was in a Fly Tyer magazine, Spring 2001 issue. It was on page 16, "Mr. Clouser's Marvelous Minnows" written by Art Scheck, who knows a thing or two about fly tying. Real good article too. Clouser's book covers the same things, but the article just points them out.

There is likewise mention of the flash material extending past the bucktail (Whistler, flashtail style) & the over all length of the fly can be much longer than most of us tie for the size hook. I tie Smallmouth flies this way, but when tying saltwater flies I often tie them more like large jigs. I need to re-evaluate my tying sometimes.

[FishyboY]

wow! thanks! when i purchased my bucktails i failed to noticed that one had much longer hairs then the other...... and the white one was really small so that made me really mad! but i can still tie them!

[smallieFanatic]

Nice clouser!