The Clouser Minnow is the most-fished streamer pattern on the planet, and probably the only fly that catches everything from a 6-inch panfish to a 60-pound tarpon. The recipe is simple: lead or tungsten dumbbell eyes lashed to the top of the hook, two thin bucktail wings (one tied at the eye, one near the bend), a strand of flash between them. The eyes flip the hook so it rides point-up, which means it bumps bottom without hanging up on rocks.
The standard color is chartreuse-and-white, but olive-and-white, brown-and-white, and all-white versions cover most water. Sizes 4-2 for smallmouth; larger for stripers and pike.
Strip it. Fast for active fish, slow for cold water. The eyes drag it down between strips, so it darts and dives on the pause — the take.