[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-glossary-clouser-minnow":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"aliases":6,"body":9,"category":26,"definitionShort":27,"description":15,"disciplineTags":28,"extension":29,"meta":30,"navigation":31,"path":32,"relatedCards":33,"relatedTerms":36,"seo":41,"sourceRef":42,"stem":43,"term":5,"__hash__":44},"learn_glossary\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fclouser-minnow.md","Clouser Minnow",[7,8],"clouser","clouser deep minnow",{"type":10,"value":11,"toc":22},"minimark",[12,16,19],[13,14,15],"p",{},"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.",[13,17,18],{},"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.",[13,20,21],{},"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.",{"title":23,"searchDepth":24,"depth":24,"links":25},"",2,[],"fly","Bob Clouser's lead-eyed streamer with a sparse bucktail body. Rides hook-up because of the weighted eyes — snag-resistant, sinks fast. The universal warmwater and saltwater streamer.",[26],"md",{},true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fglossary\u002Fclouser-minnow",[34,35],"streamer-basics","streamer-retrieves-decoded",[37,38,39,40],"streamer","sculpin","swing","strip",{"description":15},null,"learn\u002Fglossary\u002Fclouser-minnow","Z1WlC9upDPlgeugK9BCMyz1bmGgkgIufkVnObPjI2N8"]