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Morrish MouseTopwaterintermediate

Alaska

Morrish Mouse

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Available Sizes#2 - #2/0
Color Variations
Natural BrownBlackGrayTan

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Alaska Fly Fishing Goods

Matched on Alaska, topwater flies, rainbow trout. Alaska-specific fly shop with fly categories for trout, char, grayling, salmon, and steelhead.

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Murray's Fly Shop

Matched on topwater flies, trout, deer hair. Appalachian trout and smallmouth source with long-running regional fly catalog depth.

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AZ Fly Shop

Matched on topwater flies, trout, trout. Arizona and Southwest shop lead for desert trout, bass, canal carp, and warmwater patterns.

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Fulling Mill Flies

Matched on topwater flies, trout, broad catalog. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.

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Orvis Fly Catalog

Matched on topwater flies, trout, broad catalog. Broad retail catalog for standard trout, warmwater, salmon/steelhead, and saltwater patterns.

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Ken Morrish looked at the traditional deer hair mouse and thought, 'What if it did not fall apart after three fish?' The foam body floats indefinitely, casts without waterlogging, and still creates the V-wake that makes rainbow trout lose their collective minds. It is the mouse pattern for the pragmatist -- all the surface violence, none of the maintenance. When a twenty-five-inch Alaskan rainbow eats this off the top, pragmatism never felt so exciting.

Quick Facts

TypeTopwater
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesRainbow Trout, Arctic Char
Sizes#2 - #2/0
Best LocationsKanektok River, AK; Togiak River, AK; Alagnak River, AK

Where to Fish It

Kanektok River

AK · Remote Stream

Togiak River

AK · Remote Stream

Alagnak River

AK · Salmon River

Map unavailable. Locations for Morrish Mouse: Kanektok River, AK; Togiak River, AK; Alagnak River, AK

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