Have any of you ever tried Clouser's "Foxee Redd minnow"? It's a Deep Minnow tied with red fox tail and copper and gold flash. I thought it was worth a shot, so the fox tail arrived in the mail the other day, and I tied a couple up tonight. Two size 1's with lead eyes and two size 6's with bead chain eyes. Gonna give them a run this weekend!

Also: if you don't have it, I'd highly recommend the book "Clouser's Flies". It's got a lot of solid patterns in it, but more importantly Bob goes through some fundamental tying techniques that are worth practicing. How to solidly mount in dumbell eyes, tie in flash, how to properly handle and tie in various types of hair... I have learned a LOT! What I like best is he doesn't just show "how to", but he explains "why". To me, the why is more important than the how because if I know why, then that can translate to my overall fly tying wisdom "database"... not just use it in one small realm for a couple patterns.