Clouser Deep Minnow

[goose54cdd]

@goose54cdd, Here is a snapshot. Let me know if it is readable. Feb 2001 Fly Fishing Guide.

Wow! That was fast. It works fine for me. Thank You. Do they still put out the Fly Fishing Guide?

 

[falcon]

No, the Guide is long gone. They were free at fly shops and sporting goods stores. I lucked out finding the issue right away.

 

[goose54cdd]

I used to pick it up myself, but I haven't noticed anymore that's why I wondered.

 

[dc410]

It’s interesting to see the changes in the variety of the deep minnow patterns featured in the 1989 article in Fly Fisherman magazine (2 years after Bob Clouser designed the pattern) and 12 years later in the 2001 issue of the Mid Atlantic Fly Fishing Guide publication that falcon shared with us. Some of the patterns are the same, some are just tweaked a bit and others are new ones.

Here are the original four patterns featured in the 1989 article along with an advertisement that was also displayed on one of the pages that the article appeared on in Fly Fisherman magazine.

 

[dc410]

Here’s another one of Clouser’s original four deep minnow patterns. This one is his Golden Shiner.

Hook - size 4 Gamakatsu B10S hook
Thread - 12/0 white Semperfli Nanosilk
Belly - White Bucktail
Lateral Line - gold krystal flash
Top Wing - Tan Bucktail

 

[goose54cdd]

Here’s another one of Clouser’s original four deep minnow patterns. This one is his Golden Shiner.

Hook - size 4 Gamakatsu B10S hook
Thread - 12/0 white Semperfli Nanosilk
Belly - White Bucktail
Lateral Line - gold krystal flash
Top Wing - Tan Bucktail

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Thanks for posting all of this. I've always enjoyed fishing Clousers.

 

[dc410]

The last of Clouser’s four original deep minnow patterns. The Sculpin.

Hook: size 4 Gamakatsu B10S hook
Thread : 12/0 Orange Semperfli Nanosilk
Belly - Orange Bucktail
Lateral Line - Gold Krystal Flash
Too Wing - Rusty brown Bucktail

 

[dc410]

All of Clouser’s original Deep Minnow patterns that he marketed for fishing for Smallmouth Bass in the Susquehanna River back in 1989.

Top to Bottom:

Silver Shiner
Golden Shiner
Chartruese/White
Sculpin