How to fish the Mouse Pattern?

"rw" wrote in message
m...

I tied the same pattern without the eyes, ears, and whiskers, for
Alaska -- didn't have much luck with it. I think Willi caught a few with
his mouse, which looked a lot easier to tie.


Alaska is where I'll be trying this mouse pattern on the Arolik in July.
Not sure whether to surface it, or sink it.
Throw it in and hope for the best?
-tom

Tom Nakashima wrote:
"rw" wrote in message
m...

I tied the same pattern without the eyes, ears, and whiskers, for
Alaska -- didn't have much luck with it. I think Willi caught a few with
his mouse, which looked a lot easier to tie.



Alaska is where I'll be trying this mouse pattern on the Arolik in July.
Not sure whether to surface it, or sink it.
Throw it in and hope for the best?
-tom

Tom,

Make it do what mice do in the water. They swim. Toss it close to the
opposite bank(preferably a cutbank with lots of vegetation), mend a
couple times and let it drift along the bank. Let it swing, and "swim
it" back upstream. I read pauses help. I've seen video of big char
taking a mouse pattern as it sits, waking in current. Having only caught
bass on a mouse, I cannot comment on the effectiveness of this method. ;-)

brians