08-26-2010, 04:44 PM
I have never really had much luck with the mouse patterns. Because, the conditions have to be just right, deep under cut bank, grass overhanging, then you slap the mouse down and drift it. Cast straight up stream, or up and across stream, and use a heavy tippet, 1x is best for me because you WILL get stuck in the grass and have to jerk it back out without wading into your fishing hole. I have used the technique on the Weber and Ogden. Never seems to produce a ton, but can be a fun way to mix it up.
For consistancy and numbers you are better off to use black/purple wooly buggers. Also a black naked mudler minnow works well too. I like to add a small amount of crystal flash in the tail and wing section of the muddler minnow. And wooly bugger gets some flash in the tail, then up around the head as well.
I then cast up and across stream, and swing/drag the fly all the way across the river. Be systematic, start at the head of a likely run, cast 5-6 times, take a step down stream then repeat the process, and so on. You will want to either have a moderate sink line, a detachable sink tip, or tie an overhand knot 14-18 inches above the streamer and put on 4-6 split shot. You want to feel the split shot dragging on the bottom, your non weighted fly will swing just inches above the bottom and hang on!! Cause when a fish hits it, they move like a freight train! The strangest thing I have caught using this method was suckers on the Weber river. They were hooked in the mouth, and took longer to drag in then the trout because they are a heavy dang fish.
Good luck, now is a great time for this method. Now through first of November.
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For consistancy and numbers you are better off to use black/purple wooly buggers. Also a black naked mudler minnow works well too. I like to add a small amount of crystal flash in the tail and wing section of the muddler minnow. And wooly bugger gets some flash in the tail, then up around the head as well.
I then cast up and across stream, and swing/drag the fly all the way across the river. Be systematic, start at the head of a likely run, cast 5-6 times, take a step down stream then repeat the process, and so on. You will want to either have a moderate sink line, a detachable sink tip, or tie an overhand knot 14-18 inches above the streamer and put on 4-6 split shot. You want to feel the split shot dragging on the bottom, your non weighted fly will swing just inches above the bottom and hang on!! Cause when a fish hits it, they move like a freight train! The strangest thing I have caught using this method was suckers on the Weber river. They were hooked in the mouth, and took longer to drag in then the trout because they are a heavy dang fish.
Good luck, now is a great time for this method. Now through first of November.
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