What are some good Clouser colour combos for big browns?

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What are some good Clouser colour colours for big browns?

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Let me rephrase my original post:

What are some good Clouser colour combos for big bruiser browns…(wow…the alliteration is amazing!)

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Black & white, Blue & white ,all white. in the Fall yellow and white. I put a few strands of flash in all and I tie them with bumbbell eyes so they fish point up like a keel fly (helps with rocks) I fish them mostly on sinktip (10’) or sinking head (20’) lines big fish,like big people like dinner to come to them! lol

Rich

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Where do you expect to be fishing?

In my area (western New York State) olive over white is a good combination for the Great Lakes and the lower sections of their tributaries. Others that also work are brown over yellow, blue over white and all black. I usually catch most of my lake-run browns in the L.Ontario streams in late winter/early spring when the fish are in the creeks looking to feed. I don’t go in fall when the browns are on their spawning run.

I have fished Montana and Wyoming rivers for browns with streamers a few times, and brown over yellow was the best Clouser I used there.

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I also like using some yellow for the big browns. A splash of red never hurts!

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Hey GrsdLnr,

Thanks for the blue over white suggestion. I went to the Grand River yesterday and landed eight fat little browns 10"-13" on that blue and white clouser. I had other strikes and follows to boot!

Thanks

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Dear Andrew,

If you are ever fishing in high and/or off colored water think contrasts.

All white and all black are awesome colors for trout. Tie them on size 2 hooks.

For most of my streamer fishing for trout I have switched to the Clouser Foxee minnow tied in colors that best represent the common forage fish in the stream.

I like brown over tan, black over silver, grey over white, it all depends on the color of the most common minnows.

I tie my Foxee’s way more bulky than Clouser does and I include a pile of flash material, either Krystal Flash or Flash-a-bou. I tie them in sizes 6 to 10 using Tiemco 200R hooks or the equivalent.

To me, they are like live bait without the hassle of the Fra-Bill bait can and the sewing needle.

Regards,
Tim Murphy

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Andrew -

Grand River, Ontario I presume? Fergus/Elora area? One of my favorite streams - glad I could be of some help.

Mr. Murphy’s advice on Foxy Clousers is spot-on. In brown they also make a good crayfish imitation - smallmouth bass love them.

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PaulM: “A splash of red never hurts.” Are we talking Clouser/Mickey Finn here?