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I make it a practice to always carry a few mouse patterns in my fly box when fishing for trout. You don’t need an entire box dedicated to mouse flies, but keep a couple ready—you might just get ...

When the lights go out, giant trout turn on, and mouse flies are the best way to catch them. I’ll never forget the first time I hunted trout at night. At the time I’d only been flyfishing for several ...

I always carry a mouse imitation in my fly box for that one time when everything aligns and you can catch a big trout on a mouse. Don't let the rainbow trout fool you. It's been passed off as a ...

Maybe it's the bass fisherman in me that makes mousing so enticing. I love the experience of a trout smashing a large mouse pattern skittering across the top of the water. Setting the hook as this ...

One of the marvels of fishing is looking at the different colors and patterns on a trout. It’s fascinating to look at the spots and designs that are unique to each brook, brown or rainbow you catch.

Don't let the rainbow trout fool you. It's been passed off as a gentleman's fish, a fragile creature, and needs to be handled with kid gloves. That is not the fish that I pursue. The trout I know have ...