Beginner's Fly Tying Series - Easy Bass Series: the Clouser Minnow

Bob Clouser developed and popularized the Clouser Minnow, producing a devastatingly effective pattern. I have caught a huge number of fish on clousers, mostly smallmouth and striped bass, but pretty well anything that will hit a minnow will take a clouser.
The clouser is a very straightforward pattern to tie despite it being done upside down. There are a great number of variations out there, but the basics of underslung eyes and upturned hook point always betray the origins.

[@emoemoe1955]

whoever hit the dislike button had to have done it by accident because this is one of the best produced clouser instructional vids I have seen

[@dinoconsabor]

I wish I had seen this video sooner. Useful tip to nip a small hole in the flash bag to be able to take a couple out at a time while the rest stay intact. I also like the splitting of the bucktail with the bodkin needle after a few wraps to keep it evenly divided on the hook.

[@dinoconsabor]

Peter, in the videos where you apply Hard As Nails, what kind of “applicator” are you using?

[@yndour]

Nice and straight forward. I'm in Tampa Bay and have caught inshore about 20 species with this same pattern

[@kevinjtoner]

This is a terrific series of fly tying videos. Please keep them coming. Excellent instruction. Thank you for your time and effort. Best regards.......Kevin.

[@GeorgeSemel]

Well, you young guys got it good, when I first tied a Clouser, all I had was the article in Fly Fisherman and Fly Tyer by Bob Clouser to go on! You are right its a very easy fly to tie, the hard part is getting the right amount of materials on the hook. That is the trick, I ended up if I thought it was the right amount , I would cut it by a third to a half. I caught a lot of fish mostly strippers with it, its one of my go to salt water flies, That one, Gartside Gurgler, Surf Candy and Lefty Deceiver, I keep it pretty simple, 2/0 down to size 8, and I am into Strippers and Blue fish all season long if the fish are in close enough, I don't have a boat. I do a lot of inshore saltwater fishing during the hot dog days, when the trout fishing slows down a bit. Also for some reason I like smoked bluefish!

[@Thesahilparikh]

Awesome tip on just slitting the side of the bag of flash, way easier to fish out the strands!

[@royaladjemian5801]

Thank you for an excellent video on tying the Clouser Minnow !

[@ernieflynn5124]

Such a simple looking fly! And it works?

[@ianwilsonfishing1497]

what thread is that?

[@hooked4lifeca]

Danville fine monofilament or ultra fine. It's usually available in fly shops.