mighty mousin'!

[haresear]

I'm going to try a mouse fly for trout in a river this year.
I do a fair bit of sight fishing when weather conditions suit, so it will be interesting to watch the reactions of trout to the moose.

Come to think of it, the South Uist trout might be in for a shock in September

Alex

[rannoch raider]

I've caught a pretty modest sized trout from the Lyon years ago which had the remains of a tiny mouse like creature in it. It also had the remains of what looked like a small frog. It creeped me out a wee bit ! :shock:
I caught it on a small spider wet fly.

[corsican dave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G75Y4FCzJDw

Not too far different..

yep, bring on the upper spey!  : how come uk guides are never this cool?

[corsican dave]

check this one out, pop pickers!  :
https://vimeo.com/108740596

[haresear]

check this one out, pop pickers!  :
https://vimeo.com/108740596

Very mice nice :

Alex

[rannoch raider]

That's a couple of cracking vids you've posted Dave. I'll bet the mousing would have it's moments over here too. Look at the way sea trout slash at big floating muddlers in the dark. It would probably take a bit of firm resolve to stick at it for a few nights in decent conditions. That would be difficult if the river was louping with fish hitting sedges and the like.

[shad]

Aye that one has a great wiggle in the current,bet it would work fished on a sinking line as well as on the surface.