Few flies are as ubiquitously potent as the Clouser Minnow. Invented by legendary fly angler Bob Clouser in the late 1980s, the pattern quickly proved it had far more uses than originally intended.

It’s a classic pattern that’s earned its spot in my fly box time and time again. The Clouser Minnow is like the Swiss Army ...

If you were only allowed one fly in your collection, make it the Clouser Minnow in chartreuse and white. It's a classic for a reason, and that reason is it flat out catches fish. Fish it in a rust ...

Everywhere. For anything. It was in 1987 when Bob Clouser, a prominent fly-fishing guide from Pennsylvania, developed the Clouser minnow. Two years later in an issue of Fly Fisherman magazine, the ...

a Crazy Charlie is a micro Clouser Minnow with lightweight bead-chain eyes instead of lead dumbbell eyes. It also often features a weed guard to keep debris or sea grass from covering the fly ...

You can adjust the depth of your presentation by changing the size and weight of the fly along with your retrieval speed. For example, you can strip a clouser minnow fast and swim it just beneath the ...

"An olive green woolly bugger and a Clouser minnow probably account for more fish caught than anything," he coached. A woolly bugger imitates a crawfish, helgramite or other fish food. Fly fishers ...

Then add a fly rod to the mix ... A Drunk and Disorderly streamer and two Clouser minnows. / photo by Ken Baldwin 4. Sharpen your hooks regularly. By regularly, I mean on the boat after you ...

Kenzie White caught 12 largemouth bass using a Clouser Minnow fly on April 17, 2025 at Brantley Lake. Information and photos provided by New Mexico Department of Game and Fish Carlsbad area anglers ...