Mousing

[Ted Calcaterra]

Has anyone had success using a mouse pattern on our Ozark streams or tailwaters? They were all over it in Alaska but I am anxious to try it on our home waters. All you need is one to make your evening.

[loo10]

I have had some fish slam mice patterns before

& it'll definately get your heart pounding.

Seeing your post has me thinking I need to pursue that again.

loo10

[Danoinark]

Ted

I have some foam mice patterns that a great friend, Jack Plotts tied for me. I have yet to try them, but I think they would be ideal for night time surfacing browns. I will try them next time out in the evening.

Dano

[jdmidwest]

Yep, I need to tye some for the trip to Alaska, thanks Dano for the pics.

I have used them in the past for bass, they are a pain in the a-- to tye though.

The Foam mouse looks like an easy tye, how about a pattern description on those. It has to be easier than the deer hair ones I tye with eyes, and little ears, and whiskers.

[Ted Calcaterra]

If you were going to Alaska, I would definitely have them in my box. I hear they are less effective when the rainbows are on eggs. I must me hard to get them to look up with all that food floating by.

[Flysmallie]

I have been tying up some sort of like the two at the bottom of Dano's pic. The ones I'm tying are just a pine squirrel with a foam gurgler style back. Then I shave the hair off the tail, but leave a little tuft of fur on the end. I don't know if the trout like them, but the smallmouth seem to be very, very mad at them.

I gotta be out of town until late Friday, but I'll try to post a pic when I get back.