Re: [VFB] Mouse Patterns

[Allan Fish]

The realistic mice take a ton of time to tie.  If I ever got one as 
beautiful as those some of our members tie, there's no way I would 
fish it.

Personally, I think the underneath silhouette is what counts (AND the 
tail...of course, the have lemmings in Alaska, don't they?  And 
they're tail-less.  So.....

My "fishable" mice are very rough - no eyes, scraggly cut up front 
gives whiskers.  And a little strip of Chamois makes a nice durable 
tail.  Oh.  And my "fishable" mice are NOT for display.

Allan

  I need some ideas for mouse patterns.  I'm doing a 7 day float in 
Alaska in August and one of the recommended patterns is a mouse. 
I've never tied mouse patterns before and any help would be 
appreciated.  I'm not looking for anything like Don O's "special 
mouse" patterns, just something that'll work that I don't need to 
spend hours at the vise tying.

     Some other questions:  Are tails, ears and whiskers really 
necessary?  I would think tails would be but if the fish is keying 
on the general size and shape do they really see the ears?  How 
about eyes?  What sizes?

     Thanks in advance for the help.
Russ Morris

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Allan Fish
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