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Stu’s Tube Mouse – Tying Instructions
Squeek, squeek. Photos: Stuart Foxall. We dig tube flies, and we really love catching big Alaskan trout on mouse patterns. So, naturally we think mouse patterns...
Dry Flies
Our idea of a dry fly box. Photo: Ian Gough. At Alaska West, our trout tend to key in on rodents, not mayflies, and we're really...
Mice.. Not Just for Trout
Quite possibly the coolest picture of an Artic Grayling we've ever seen.. Photo: Stuart Foxall. We like grayling.. And we love fishing mouse patterns.. So naturally,...
New Study: How Often Do Trout and Grayling Eat Mice?
Grayling eat mice too! Photo: Ben West In our neck of the woods, trout eat mice (well, shrews to be exact). It's no secret, we write...
Mousing for Trout – Try a Strip Set
Fat trout, grassy bank - probably a mouse involved. On our Alaskan rivers, targeting big leopard rainbows with gaudy rodent imitations is not only visually...
Little Ku
This one ate the leech. Photo: Adam Jackson The Little Ku On the Southern Shore of Kukaklek Lake, moments from Rapids Camp Lodge, in the Northeastern...
19 Reasons to Fish a Mouse Fly
Need any more reasons? Photo: Togiak National Wildlife Refuge It's no secret how much we love fishing mouse patterns for big Alaskan rainbow trout. We do...
Retrieving the Mouse Fly
Another bow-bow falls for Mr. Mousie. Photo: Cameron Miller Mousing for trout in western Alaska is about as cool as it gets. We're not talking about...
