Opus--Mark H. Bowen;102782 Wrote:


I'd try a Clouser Minnow. They will catch pretty much any thing that
has
fins and is predatory. I've caught trout on them.

A couple of sites that might be helpful:

'Clouser Minnow Fly Pattern - Striped Bass Fishing, Stripers, Rockfish
- StriperSurf.com - Sal****er Inshore and Surf Striped Bass Fishing'
(http://tinyurl.com/3xdbsc)

'Clouser Flyfishing - Home of the original Clouser Minnow'
(http://tinyurl.com/2qaur4)

Good luck,

Op

I agree. I catch many stripers in the Delaware River on Clousers. The
colors that seem to work best are chartreuse and white, olive and white,
and rainbow trout. I tie the rainbow trout pattern with dark olive on
top (remember the fly fishes hook point up), a thin amount of hot pink
in the middle, and a white bottom. I tie in about 6-8 strands of rainbow
colored Flashabou with the pink. I almost always use red eyes on my
Clousers, and they work admirably in size 8 up to 2/0 for me.

Don't feel the necessity to match the color to the baitfish exactly,
sometimes when the color is different it is found easier by the fish.
The points about watching your false casting are true for these flies
with their extra weight. In the river I can fish these sometimes with a
floating line, but I generally use a wet tip even though the fly is
weighted to make sure it gets down in the current.

Good Luck,
QT


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