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Old 06-08-2017, 12:00 PM
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hey guys haven't posted in a while. just wanted to see if anyone here fished mouse patterns. if so did you have any success? I've got this image in my mind of a 25 inch brown crushing a mouse that I can't get rid of. just wondering if it's worth my time.

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Old 06-08-2017, 12:09 PM
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It certainly can be. Most effective in low light or at night in my experience.
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Old 06-08-2017, 01:07 PM
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I've only done it for bull trout and rough fish, but it works!
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Old 06-08-2017, 02:52 PM
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Tried it twice for pike with no success
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Old 06-08-2017, 07:47 PM
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I've had bull trout eat for me but never landed them as well as a few pike that I have landed on them.
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Old 06-08-2017, 09:03 PM
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Once in a blue moon.
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Old 06-08-2017, 09:23 PM
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Once in a blue moon.
That is a great YouTube video by the way
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Old 06-08-2017, 10:11 PM
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I've seen many half eaten mice, fishing next to cliffs, even to the point were one day I saw two mice dragging their half eaten body on the rocks. This was in bull trout loaded waters tho, but I bet it would work for big browns!
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Old 06-08-2017, 11:10 PM
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Update: thanks for all the replies guys! I went out for an hour in the pouring rain tonight and fished strictly mice. I hooked 3 browns and landed one we over 20 inches. Verdict: mousing is great! might just be beginner's luck but I will definitely be mousing again

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Old 06-09-2017, 08:10 AM
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Update: thanks for all the replies guys! I went out for an hour in the pouring rain tonight and fished strictly mice. I hooked 3 browns and landed one we over 20 inches. Verdict: mousing is great! might just be beginner's luck but I will definitely be mousing again

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Congrats! I love fishing standard dries but mouse/streamer fishing for browns and bulls is some of the most exciting fishing there is.
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Old 06-09-2017, 09:34 AM
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I have caught big brown trout in New Zealand back country with up to 8 mice in them, last trip back there, night fishing Nelson lakes, I seen several mice swimming in the lake, and watch two disappear, I couldn't connect, that night. But the 6lb brown I got in the Buller river outlet, next morning had two mice in its gut.
Caught a few Bull trout, in the kootneys on mice flys.
Fun fly to fish if the conditions a right,
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Old 06-13-2017, 09:14 PM
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Lots of pike, no big trout yet.
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Old 06-13-2017, 10:55 PM
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I use a sink tip cast two quick strips pulling mouse under pause and repeat
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Old 06-16-2017, 06:08 PM
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We use mice for lake trout all the time and it works very well.
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