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Screamingreel
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Posted: 12 Apr 2011 at 9:06am |
Found some Mice flies In the National Fishing Lure Collectors club mag June 1999,(American Publication) that may provides some ideas for future Mice flies. There is an addition four pages of fly ideas should any body be interested 8 just seemed to be too many to post
Picture 4 there appears to be a bit of an over- kill with the treble, appears larger than the fly
Some great work shown here
Regards John
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bassnbob
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THE ONE WITH the real mouse over rubber is a crackerregardsbob
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Screamingreel
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I thought you might appreciate some of these bob
A fair amount of work in some of them
Regards John
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Nicho
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how cool are they, nice to have the time to have a go at making all the things this site unveils.
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Nichos Maulers Homemade timber lures....THEY CATCH FISH!
YA DONT KNOW...IF YA DONT GO...SO GET OUT THERE AND... FISH IT |
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doccod
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There great aren't they I have some variations of these in my flybox as well and just picked up a locally made one that was very interesting as well!!! B.J.
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tooch
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Hi John, a couple of those mouse shapes are nearly Identical to my little frog shapes...
now you've got me thinking... I just saw a light bulb flash...mmmmmm.....pete.
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bassnbob
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THANKS JOHN theres a massive amount of scissor work in them .............IVE made 20 dalberges for myself years ago took me 4 days to trim them all up but they last forever&a day regards BOB
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Screamingreel
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Here is the remaining four pages made from balsa (now there is a challenge) wool , chenille , flock, cork and please note special earings on page three (now page 4) that is if it stays in that position after I post
It appears from the article ,a lot of these were made in the 30's
Regards John
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bassnbob
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AWSOME work in them the fly with paddles ive never seen before cool regards BOB
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MXB
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Nice Mice
MXB |
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puglee62
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wow thanks for putting this up John,theres some really clever patterns in there!
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twisted_leader
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My "Poppa Mouse" fly with pattern. Bass love em.
Kind regards... David |
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bassnbob
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COOL DAVE i may tie some of them when i get some time thanks there great regards bob
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twisted_leader
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Thanks Bob,
I have always been tempted to "double" the scale and make some up on a 4/0 hook (?) for some cod. Another job for a wet weekend.
David |
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Screamingreel
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Another fresh idea. It is amazing the different styles and materials available to be used
Thanks David
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MXB
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Here's some South Bend Mouse Oreno lures in all catalogued colours.
These lures were in the 1935 South Bend catalogue and date to c. late 1930's with black and white eye variation. Boxes are correct for the lures MXB |
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Screamingreel
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What little rippers, and matching boxes as well. Decent size doubles as well.
regards John
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PatB
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Just joined the forum tonight and headed straight to the fly tying section where I found this post. I tied a mouse fly a couple of years ago with deer hair and cow tail (not calf) as the mouse tail. I figured all black would have the best profile and the eyes for the fly fishers appeal The target species are bass and saratoga and it had its first swim in Ewen Maddock dam a few weeks ago looking for Togas. It casts well and the double wire weed guard allows casts right up into the lilie beds. The water is still a bit cool and there is a hell of alot to prospect so no fish came to hand. Bass should be interested in it so plenty of chances to use it coming. I'll post a pic of my tie and a tan/brown store bought mouse fly. Cheers all PAT.
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Fool to the bream
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PatB
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I tried to post three pics in one post but only the last came up so here is my black mouse fly. Pat
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Fool to the bream
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Nicho
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I ve seen that fast mouse somewhere before?.........just realised.
He is cool.....and bass would love them both. Jas |
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Nichos Maulers Homemade timber lures....THEY CATCH FISH!
YA DONT KNOW...IF YA DONT GO...SO GET OUT THERE AND... FISH IT |
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puglee62
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i was thinking the same thing Jas,these guys fished up at maroon dam late on a summer arvo would be killers.nice work Pat
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p.j.
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Mouse seems to look the same all over the world
Here is a Danish version, i caught some nice Pikes on.
Your black one looks good. Sure cud catch a Pike here to
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P.J. LURES
SO SMOKING HOT EVEN CUSTOM DOGS LIKE THEM |
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PatB
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R.E. Black mouse fly - thanks all just itching to get this little guy in my local spot but I'll have to work on my roll casting as back space is limited. I may have to sneak the kayak in Pat.
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Fool to the bream
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Screamingreel
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The different weed guards used any personal preference, does it depend on the weed cover on top of the surface being fished , some are mono ,and some stainless wire.
Although I have some ,never fished them. regards John
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puglee62
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flyonline
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And this is the end result
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p.j.
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[QUOTE=puglee62][QUOTE=p.j.]Mouse seems to look the same all over the world
Here is a Danish version, i caught some nice Pikes on.
Your black one looks good. Sure cud catch a Pike here to
did you use a wide gape hook on this guy P.J ? he looks very nice
Thanks Chris. Yes it is Stinger Hooks like these i use. Thy manége to pin the Fish quit well
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P.J. LURES
SO SMOKING HOT EVEN CUSTOM DOGS LIKE THEM |
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MXB
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Bass stinger hooks with the wide gape are best for these type of flies like the ones shown above
MXB |
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PatB
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Fool to the bream
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Screamingreel
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Anymore Mice lures/ flies about
Regards John
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flyonline
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Posted elsewhere....
A year or so ago, I came across the dirty rat by Jackie Treehorn and tied up a few to try, but found that they didn't create enough commotion for my liking, so I upped the foam and tied in a stack of foam discs to increase floatation as well as noise. While it worked great, it was a long tie especially for something that spends it's time bouncing off logs, tree roots and rocks and even with some glue involved, the discs eventually worked their way out.
Original dirty rat tie
Stacked foam pattern
About the same time I came across a pattern used by another aussie cod fly angler, the big poppa. So I combined the two, using the marabou body and tail from the dirty rat with the foam body of the big poppa. I also switched from using marabou to the fluffy waste feathers on the edge of a cock pheasant rump. They are soft and create great motion like the marabou but can easily be palmered under the foam to give the shape and colour of the body. They're also 'free' if you use the main feathers for other patterns. I also started adding the pink face mask, most of the rivers are lined with trees and almost all my casting is done into shade, so this adds a nice bright target for me to see in the shade or low light conditions.
While I tried using zonker strips, I keep coming back to the furled wool or furled wool/mono tail. It just has the right shape, action and doesn't fold up on the hook as often as the zonker strip. Whether the fish can see it is another story.... You might notice also that I don't trim the ends of the foam off the hook eye, I always use a small snap on the end of the leader to facilitate easy fly change and the foam helps hold the snap out straight. Hook sizes range from 1/0 for small flies up to 10/0 for the bigger stuff.
Meece evolution lineage
This year I've started playing around with a tie to beat the occasional trip where all the fish short strike. I started with the conventional stinger, but cod have a tendancy to shake their head while being handled, and being pinned to an 80cm/25kg fish in a kayak doesn't sound like my idea of fun, so I've tied up a few on shiner hooks as well.
Stinger
Shiner Hook
And to throw in something different on slow days, I tied up some 'wiggle mice' to see if wake style flies can pull fish.
And the end result, a beautiful 'bucket mouth'
Now I just need to come up with a foot long swimming possum pattern and I might be able to draw up the huge 1m+ grandmas hiding deep in the dark pools on a moonless night.
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bassnbob
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COOL mice i just dig emregards bob
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Screamingreel
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Thanks Steve
Some great ideas that work
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bassnbob
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STILL a great thread this one mices are coolregards bob
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