The "Mighty Mouse" trout fly

[Ziggy]

I am going to have a few of these in my fly box from now on!!


At the last Durban Flytyers evening we tied the Mighty Mouse - an ugly looking large fly that looks jut like a mouse. I was sceptical about its catching abilities - but then I took a look at the video below. Terry Andrews who demonstrated how to tie the fly has been catching very successfully - especially in the shallows and near reeds and weeds along the banks


See the pics of the fly below - especially the one comparing it to a mouse that was regurgitated by a trout - see how similar they look!



Mighty Mouse - Alaska Mouse Fishing on Vimeo


for a short video on fishing it in the Drakensberg see this:
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10206189243559478


this is how its tied - Terry added a mono weedguard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQd2THGmFuE


here is a similar mouse using rabbit hair instead of deer hair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QshLNI9MuAs


here is a norwegian tying video - makes it much more complex
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bpbZ6-0Wxk

[super_daav]

2nd video in the series! An just as epic!


https://vimeo.com/153723697

[REEFMAN]

Jeepers that's amazing! 

[colin]

  great watching

[WalkersKiller]

Its awesome, Gavin caught a +- 2.5kg Rainbow on a mouse fly last year...