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Alaska MouseTopwaterintermediate

Alaska

Alaska Mouse

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Available Sizes#2 - #2/0
Color Variations
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Regional shopStrong match

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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Alaskan rainbow trout eat mice. Not small mice -- full-sized, swimming-across-the-river mice. This oversized deer hair pattern is skated across the surface while you pray for a take that will make your heart relocate to your throat. When it happens, the water erupts like something from a nature documentary. It is the single greatest experience in freshwater fly fishing, and it is available exclusively to people willing to stand in a river in Alaska.

Quick Facts

TypeTopwater
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesRainbow Trout
Sizes#2 - #2/0
Best LocationsKanektok River, AK; Togiak River, AK; Katmai National Park, AK

Where to Fish It

Kanektok River

AK · Remote Stream

Togiak River

AK · Remote Stream

Katmai National Park

AK · Remote Stream

Map unavailable. Locations for Alaska Mouse: Kanektok River, AK; Togiak River, AK; Katmai National Park, AK

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