Clouser Strikes Again

[tailgrabber]

The weather has been up and down here in PA. too warm for walleye too cold for a good smallie bite, so I gave a small creek a shot. Trout were rising, but couldn't get them to commit to any of the dries I was offerring. Not even the BWO Fly Goddess sent me. I thought for sure they were going to be the ringer. So I ended up trimming down a clouser and the bite switched up in an instant. The trout attacked this fly like it owed them money. I would cast it down stream or to the side of fish or the hole they should be in let it sink for 3-5sec. Then strip it back with quick 2-5in strips. Landed a bunch of fish lost a bunch as well. Only got a few pics from the first day, Other pics are trapped in my phone.

All fish were released.
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[Dryrod]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000][size 3]Hi there tailgrabber - thanks for the tip and pictures. Never too old to learn something new. So how much of the clouser did you trim?[/size][/#008000][/font]
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[tailgrabber]

The top right is the normal size I use for Bass. The top left is the trimmed down fly that worked great on the trout. The bottom fly I tried to make in a black nose Dace color pattern. It turned a few heads but not as many as the flash, chartruse,and olive one did.

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[Dryrod]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#008000][size 3]So I guess that you would call it a skinny minnie. lol[/size][/#008000][/font]
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[macfly55]

wow.. awesome post and those are some great looking fish.. and all from a small adjustment to a fly.. awesome.. [laugh]

MacFly [cool]
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[flygoddess]

Sometimes, all it takes...right on Tailgrabber.
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[peter805]

Trimmed down Clousers......................[]
Man, I guess never know. But hey what ever it takes.
Good job. Keep it coming[]

Peter
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