BaitfishintermediateMidwest & Driftless
Missouri River Clouser
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Available Sizes#2 - #6
Color Variations
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Broad sourceStrong match
Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on baitfish flies, bass, baitfish. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
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Orvis Fly Catalog
Matched on baitfish flies, bass, clouser. Broad retail catalog for standard trout, warmwater, salmon/steelhead, and saltwater patterns.
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Murray's Fly Shop
Matched on baitfish flies, smallmouth bass, smallmouth. Appalachian trout and smallmouth source with long-running regional fly catalog depth.
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Musky Fool
Matched on baitfish flies, pike, pike. Great Lakes predator shop and guide brand with musky-specific fly inventory.
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AZ Fly Shop
Matched on baitfish flies, bass, bass. Arizona and Southwest shop lead for desert trout, bass, canal carp, and warmwater patterns.
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Visit sourceNorth Dakota's Missouri River system holds walleye, smallmouth bass, and northern pike in numbers that would make most states jealous, and this Clouser Minnow is the skeleton key to all three. The lead eyes sink it into the strike zone fast -- which matters when you are fishing current that has been flowing south since the last ice age with no intention of slowing down. Walleye eat it because it looks like a shiner. Smallmouth eat it because it looks like a crayfish having an identity crisis. Pike eat it because they eat everything. Lake Sakakawea adds the dimension of vast, open water where you can cast until your shoulder files a formal complaint, and the Clouser will still be fishing effectively when you switch to your off hand.
Quick Facts
TypeBaitfish
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesWalleye, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike
Sizes#2 - #6
Best LocationsMissouri River, ND; Lake Sakakawea, ND
Where to Fish It
Missouri River
ND · Large River
Lake Sakakawea
ND · Reservoir
Map unavailable. Locations for Missouri River Clouser: Missouri River, ND; Lake Sakakawea, ND
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