The Clouser Minnow is a classic, versatile, and tried-and-true fly that's easy for new fly tyers and productive for veteran tyers.

When he began publishing Midwest Fly Fishing magazine, Helgeson asked Lucca to write for it. Lucca has written how-to pieces on fly-tying and the occasional angler profile.

In the late 1980s successful Susquehanna River smallmouth bass guide Bob Clouser came up with a productive fly tied to imitate a baby smallmouth bass known as the Clouser Deep Minnow.