Jdecoudres Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 just curious what's everyone favorite color of Clouser for catching whites on a fly rod
fishinwrench Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Size is more important than color, but Chart/White or Gray/White is hard to beat. Pink/White is great in murky water, as is Black/chart. bs1827 1
bs1827 Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 Chartreuse/white, gray/white and purple/white always seem to be the ticket for me. If I had to chose one fly to fish with for whites it would be chartreuse/white. Ham 1
Fishslayer88 Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I like a 1/64 jig with a silver chenille body and light grey tail with a couple pieces of crystal flash.
Members Schenk781 Posted March 18, 2015 Members Posted March 18, 2015 Ive been tying quite a few clousers lately in a variety of colors mainly g/w p/g p/w w/w o/t as far as size goes ranging 3"-5" anyonehad luck with a particular size over another in years past?
fishinwrench Posted March 18, 2015 Posted March 18, 2015 #6 and 1/60oz. is my Spring size (2.5"). #4 and 1/40oz. in the Fall (3.25"). I have tried to warm up to synthetics so they can be trimmed, but natural bucktail is best....the fish tell me.
Members Schenk781 Posted March 18, 2015 Members Posted March 18, 2015 Yeah i kinda figured id been tying them a little bigger than needed #4 1/32oz they'll be looking for a feast, but i agree once tied with natural you're past the point of trimming.. any color dumbbells work well for you? I figured any shad color body and red/char/natural eye color would be fine
fishinwrench Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 I buy plain lead dumbbells and paint them either White, Chart, or silver, with black pupils. I've caught plenty of whites on fly's with the paint knocked off the eyes though, so that prolly only matters to the guy casting them. I totally dislike red eyes on a fly for some weird reason. But it must work because almost all the commercially tied fly's are sold with them.
Jason R. Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 I'm partial to dark grey over light grey with a red eye. #6 hook- small size lead eye- less weight the better for me as I use a slow full sink. Got to be real bucktail- I've tried all the synthetics and they do not fish near as well. I ended up taking a razor to all the synthetic clousers I tied and retying them with real bucktail. My second choice for color would be grey over light blue. http://flyinthesouth.com/
fishinwrench Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 Gray over Lt.blue sounds sexy, I'll have to try a couple of those. bs1827 1
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