Few flies are as ubiquitously potent as the Clouser Minnow. Invented by legendary fly angler Bob Clouser in the late 1980s, the pattern quickly proved it had far more uses than originally intended.

I’m a dry-fly guide. It’s a choice. Dry flies are my favorite way to fly fish. But, if I could only have one fly to fish for the rest of my life it would be a Clouser. I pick a Clouser, not for its ...