A faction of eastern fly fishers who hang their hats on smallmouth bass cling to a small set of heroes. One of which is Bob Clouser. Most recognize Bob as the inventor of the ever famous Clouser ...

If you haven’t tried chasing smallmouth bass with a fly rod, you’re in for a treat. These fish are the perfect mix of power and attitude, and they’ll give you a fight you won’t forget. While ...

Editor’s note: This is another in a series featuring favorite flies of Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited Chapter members. In the late 1980s successful Susquehanna River smallmouth bass guide Bob ...

Last week, I spent a couple of days fly-fishing for trout on several streams here in central Pennsylvania with my friend Todd Justus of Chapel Hill, N.C. On our first morning together, we fished ...

Bob Clouser, the legendary Susquehanna River guide and fly pattern innovator from Middletown, and his famous Clouser minnows are featured in the March issue of "Field & Stream" magazine. "I can feel ...

Bob Clouser needs no introduction in fly fishing circles. For nearly three decades as a fly shop owner and smallmouth bass guide on the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania, this 81-year-old burly, ...

I remember a term that statisticians used: robust. It simply meant that a certain statistical tool could be used for a variety of tests. Whenever I use a Clouser minnow, I think of its robustness in ...

The renowned Bob Clouser, creator of the famed Clouser Minnow fly pattern, was the featured speaker at the May meeting of the Potomac Valley Fly Fishers. The Clouser Minnow fly pattern is known ...