Small mouth Bass: Great Patterns

[flytyer203]

If anyone has any great patterns for smallmouth please post the pattern and material need.

Thanks,
JWM

[waynep]

I'll mention the obvious . . Clouser Minnows My favorite is Chartreuse over Orange.

wayne

[Normand]

http://www.ultimateflytying.com/BassFlies.htm

[nen-bran]

I have to agree with waynep. After all, the Clouser was created to fish for Smallmouth's if my facts are straight. I personally prefer Chartreuse over White, and maybe a little brown over that Chartreuse.

Nenbran

[Warm Water Fly Fisher]

clousers Chartreuse over White, and orange over brown. I'll post a pic so you can see what a clouser is if you don't already know

[Warm Water Fly Fisher]

here ya go
http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytyin ... art43.html
you can do 2 colored or 3 colored ones. with or without flash. dumbell eyes can be any color you wish. there are lots of colors of these flies you can do.

[Warm Water Fly Fisher]

btw
you may want to post this in the warm water forum

pm sent to you shortly

[waynep]

I mentioned the Fire Tiger Clouser for smallmouths. The Chartreuse over White is my #2 Clouser.

Also, any crawdad pattern should work if there are crawfish in the streams your fishing in. Clousers and Near Nuff crawdads are my two main SM patterns.

A note on Clousers. A lot of people put too much material on them. Make them sparse with lots of flash. Let the flash hang out the back a bit longer than the bucktail, or whatever you use. There was an article a few years ago in Fly Tyer showing the "right" way to tie one. Most common mistakes were: Too short, too heavy, too much material, not enough flash. They are not a jig, they are a weighted fly.

wayne

[TxEngr]

Terry Wilson's Bass Bully. The tying instructions are at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1HoqEMfaUg.

[DShock]

Enjoyed the Bass Bully video and I think the wool head is very interesting. I suppose the color of the fly could work fine in burnt orange and black also.
The tyer was very correct about having the rod tip pointed at the fly while fishing.
Thanks,
Doug