I tie a small simple foam mouse for bass. I think of it as an overstuffed foam beetle with a slender tail. I use 1/2 of 5/8" caulk backer foam for the body. This stuff is used for insulating and can be found at hardware stores/ lumber yards. The foam head extends over the eye of the hook. No ears, No eyes. I dub or apply hackle or wrap a rabbit strip as an underbody to give a pulsating fur look when wet.
I find that a tail that has a bushy end, gives a little more action to the fly and interests more fish. I usually use a few strands of brown and gold Aunt Lydia's yarn for the tail. (but I have something a little different planned for the swap). I tie them mostly on 1/0 hooks.
But who knows, maybe its really one of those flies that doesn't look like anything but still catches fish!
Ed Engelman
At 01:49 AM 12/1/2004, you wrote:
AK Best has a great looking pattern called a Butt Faced Lemming in his Advanced Fly Tying. Have not tied it yet, but looks like a very tough pattern.
Eric
Joyce's crafts and flies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
- In Alaska they use a big, super mouse pattern..lemming I think they call it. It is like a giant stacked fur double sized mouse, tail and many without any ears or eyes. Works great and the pike take it so that it is smashed almost to pieces after a few fish. Joyce
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