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The Clouser minnow is normally used as a saltwater fly, but it can be
a good choice for fishing trout. Knowing that trout will eat trout, you might
want to bring a half dozen or dozen minnow patterns. If I were to pick one minnow
pattern for trout I would use the Clouser minnow. Size
and Color The
Clouser is tied on a saltwater hook in various sizes and colors. The gray buck
tail with off white and the light green with off  white
in sizes 4-6 are a good choice for trout here in Chile and Argentina. They come
weighted with lead eyes and that makes them swim in an up and down fashion as
you strip and pause the fly towards you.. The Clouser minnow can be used in a
lot of different waters especially where minnows are prevalent. It can be fished
with a floating or sinking line and should be stripped fairly fast as to imitate
an escaping or wounded minnow. Brown
Trout Fishing
Brown trout in particular like this fly. The browns in many of the lakes in Patagonia
lay in hiding where the water of the lake form the shallows. When the lake water
is high the water floods back over the normally reedy area causing a low lying
shallow area. The minnows make their way into this area and stay there moving
in schools as they feed. The big trout, especially the browns hang out close by
hoping to have an easy meal. In fact we have seen browns just lying still, passing
themselves off as a log, waiting for an innocent little minnow to swim by. I recall
vividly this year as we approached this kind of water that the Angler said to
me, "this is really so shallow, do you think there is a fish here?"
I said that most of the fisherman and guides do not bother with this type of water
as they cannot get their boats into it, but the large brown trout will be here
for sure. Since we have boats that can, I would slowly move around through the
shallows looking for trout. Fishing
Chile and Argentina
This kind of trout fishing is rare and it is said to be like bone fishing. With
the clear water and the bright Clouser minnow being stripped, this can an exciting
process when you see the type of effect the Clouser minnow has on the big trout
in Patagonia. If you are planning to some fly fishing in Argentina and Chile contact
us and bring some Clouser minnow.
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