TYING INSTRUCTIONS
CLOUSER MINNOW
| Hook: Any standard streamer hook. Ex. Mustad - 94833 or 3407 plated or 34011 stainless. Thread: 3/0 brown prewaxed Bottom Wing: orange buck or calf tail. Flash: gold or copper krystal flash. Top Wing: brown buck or calf tail. Note. I used Brown and Orange color combo for good contrast with white background in Illustrations. |
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The Couser Minnow streamer is a fly that should be in every fly fisherman's fly box. The old saying "Don't leave home without it!" applies to this fly like no other. I have caught smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, sunfish, suckers, seatrout, flounder, brook trout, rainbows and browns with this fly. People I know have caught dozens of other species of fresh and saltwater fish using the Clouser Minnow. I know, it really is a lead head jig and technically is not a proper fly at all, but even you dry fly purist should have one tucked away in your vest where your buddies can't see it. It has saved many a slow day and produced the biggest fish of the day. The Clouser Minnow is tied in many color schemes and some with painted or chrome plated lead eyes.
| 1. Tie in Lead Eyes |  |
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