Does anyone have the actual recipe for the Morrish Mouse.
Seems it may not be published???
Duck -
Just give Doug a few minutes.
John
P.S. After googling it just now, it looks like a fly that Joni tied at demo here in IF a couple months ago. If not exactly the same fly, it sure looks to me like her recipe would be close enough.
ducksterman,
It looks like the Morrish Mouse has a deer hair body, a narrow Zonker strip tail and the foam over the back: http://www.idylwilde.com/flygallery.html Click on Steelhead & Salmon Surface Patterns and Click on the M Mouse. I noticed one recipe had a small tuft of fur at the end of the tail. One person commented that the M Mouse worked better than traditional Mouse flies.
Doug
Hey Duckster, Check out September/October 2008 American Angler Two mice patterns are in it, the mouserat included. Or try this recipe. http://www.flyfishingconnection.com/patterns/flies/237/Mouse+Rat+-+Natural/
Good luck
The Morris Mouse is tied with either spun deer hair or Rabbit.
The late Dennis Brakke came up with a pattern that calls for either Chenille or shammy tail, THICKER strip of foam over back and MUSKRAT! for the body as Muskrat is water repellent where ZONKER absorbs the water.
I have been using these regularly and they float really well. Also leave the piece above the eye of the hook a little longer (you can always trim it later) and you can get some killer action out of the fly…like a popper.
Joni…what thickness of foam do you like to use on these meeesses?
I use the regular fly tying close cell foam sheets (which you can get a stack full of different colors and 5" X7" from Walmart for like $4.) The foam I think is 1/4" thick. But after talking to Dennis, I ended up doubling up on it. It does work either way, but it is definitely more buoyant with it doubled.
Here is one with a single:
Here is an Image of the Morrish Mouse I described earlier: http://www.fishalaskamagazine.com/archives/2006/306_moorish_mouse.jpg
Doug
That is the thicker foam…which you can find at Hobby stores. Tail is a stripped zonker and the body deer hair.
Morrish October Caddis: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3106/2318090626_6ea109e335.jpg&imgrefurl=http://oregonflyfishingblog.com/2008/03/08/from-the-tying-bench-at-the-northwest-fly-tying-fly-fishing-expo/&usg=__oXM7DWlxDw2ZK8qk4k42ylVFbXI=&h=456&w=500&sz=157&hl=en&start=87&tbnid=QUVdib21Vwn3cM:&tbnh=119&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddisplaying%2Bfishing%2Bflies%26start%3D80%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Scroll Down to “McKenzie & Willamette River Fly Tying Library” (On Left) & Click, then scroll down the the MOC.
Doug
The Morrish Mouse http://bit.ly/9GPFTK with instructions!
Finally…thanks
Seems fairly self explanatory. We’re talking 3 materials here, folks.
not everybody is an expert fly tyer and it would be pretty hard for a beginner to early intermediate tyer to figure out
If I can add…
I think it was both Fly Fisherman and FR&R ran articles about mousing at the same time. While the FF instructions didn’t state the width of the foam, FR&R’s recipe called for 6mm foam.
5 materials if you count hook and thread…
If I were to advise a beginner on tying one and they weren’t comfortable with spinning deer hair, I’d suggest making the body out of a zonker strip (a continuation of the tail) or maybe estaz (no flash if fished at night); the foam back is what’s providing most of the floatation. Or they could use this as an opportunity to learn how to spin deer hair - this isn’t something like a Dahlberg Diver where you really need it packed tight and right; a little slop probably wouldn’t hurt the mouse much.
Regards,
Scott
another thing is that not everybody can look at a fly in a photo and instantly know the materials and how to tie it
This is a nice fly concept. Basically a Gurgler with some interesting changes.
I am seeing quite a few variations of it already. Foam thicknesses, tail materials, body materials, all of these seem to be something you can play with.
Just shows how adaptable fly tyers are.
I’m sure they will all work just fine.
Buddy