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Clouser Minnow #1

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The Polar Conehead

Muddler: This is a muddler design type of fly that is more or less a derived idea based on something that has been copied many times, but never the less an efficient fly that has caught the author many fish.
See the pattern here

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Merry Christmas

Holiday: The Global FlyFisher staff wishes everybody a very merry Christmas - and a happy New Year if we don't see you before then. A Christmas Fly saw its way into Martin's fill-the-box-project. A slightly more colorful variation of his usual drab and dull flies.
See a bit more about it here.

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Red Tag

Classic: Few flies are as classical as the Red Tag, which was originated as a dry fly for grayling, but has been adapted to many other kinds of fishing. The fly dates back to the 1850's where it came out of the vice of Martyn Flynn. This variation is for sea run browns.
Read about the fly here.

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The CDC & Elk family

Improving the best: Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk is a fly as good as they come. Still a lot of people - including Hans himself and the author - have made variations. This article covers a whole bunch of CDC & Elk variations.
Meet the family here

Most people know that the Susquehanna River was the birthplace of the Clouser minnow. Bob Clouser´s shop in Middletown is a must stop if you visit the area. Just about any color combination is successful at one time or another. My favorites are olive over white, chartreuse over white, gray over white, and brown over orange.

Clouser Minnow #1

Type Wet fly

Originator
Bob Clouser

Tied by
Robb Nicewonger

Difficulty
Easy

Target species
Brown trout
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass

Materials

Hook Mustad 3366 size 4
Eyes Lead Barbell painted white with black pupil
Belly White bucktail
Wing Gray bucktail over pearl krystal flash

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