I am assuming that when the article refers to a "Clouser", the reference is to a Clouser Minnow and not to one of the many other flies that Bob Clouser has designed. Is that correct?

I like and often use CMs and plan to have a go at using one as a dropper. Somehow, I think a more lightly weighted Clouser might work best, a bead-eye rather than a lead-eye tie, for instance.

The fisherman in the picture sure did have his hands full, didn't he.

~Paul