I've been busy tying up clousers, about 5 different color variations and two hook sizes. I think I'm going to get sick of clousers, but I always remind myself that they work too!
What are other stocking up on?
Scuds, scuds, and scuds, for Trout Run. Also a few bead head Brassies
Buggers, scuds, and "who-knows" (I just got a vise, and have been a bit too creative).
Jim
Somehow got myself involved in acouple of fly swaps.
Just finished Jan's Hoppers in #10 for my 1st swap. I enjoyed it once I gave up trying to make the perfect Jan and tied em like I'd fish em tomorrow.
The Black Ghost is next...or at least the maribou version
Nothing wrong with being to creative, thats the fun part of tying your own flies. Who knows you might tie that fly of a lifetime and catching fish no matter what the conditions are!
I experiment quite a bit with colors on standard patterns. My problem is during the off season when I'm tying these new colors and wanting to get out and test them out. The other problem is actually tieing a new pattern or color on my line. We all get used tieing on patterns/colors that catch us fish in the past, but the experimenting and tieing on something new on the water is the hard part.
Tight lines!
One thing about a Clouser is that it's more of a style then a pattern now. Clouser's are not only easy to tie, but also can be tied with just about any material and colors, but the basic style remains the same: Dumbell eyes, bottom material, top material. Adding flashy materials like flashabou in between the bottom and top materials gives clouser another look. Any of which can be in a thousand different colors out there, even the dumbell's come in a lot of colors.
I'm partial to using Gamakatsu hooks, super sharp and very strong. I use G's B10S stinger hook in size 2 and 6. I only tie about 5-6 color variations. Chart over white (good all around color), Chart over Yellow, White over White, Black over Black, Red over White, Tan/Brown over white. I also use red dumbell eyes with black dots in the middle. Of course I'm always experiementing with different color variations which I only tie a few of and those go in my test fly box
I'm in the process of make a short video clip on tying a clouser for mnflyfishing.com and should be done shortly. If you do a search for "tying a clouser minnow" in google you should find some sites that have some pics.
Here are the ones I tie:
Tight lines and asking is the only way to learn new things
http://flyfisherman.com/ftb/bobclouser/
Here is a link to Bob Clouser giving instructions on tying a general clouser minnow.
