Thread: Weedless Wonder

after learning to tie clouser minnows i found out to make the hook ride point up put the dumbell eyes on the bottom of the hook this will help turn the hook point up, or so fly tyers have told me

Huls 1, thanks for your input.

I agree that the general fly tier consensus would be to secure the barbell eyes to assist in turning the hook point up. Clouser Minnows are all tied this way. With this particular lure, I believe that it makes little or no difference. I tied a leader to the lure and tested it for sink rate. The hook point stayed upward at all times while moving it about in the water. I attribute that mainly to the foam wing weed guard, which acts as a floating stabilizer. Also while tying this fly, anchoring the foam weed guard at two points over the eyes made for a fast, neat, and secure tie down as opposed to anchoring directly to the shank. Since it's Pat's creation, he may also have a comment.

Richard