TopwaterintermediateAlaska
$9.95
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.
Midnight Sun Custom Flies
Anchorage, AK
Jonathan ties over 120 flies per week from his bench in Anchorage, each one designed for the specific runs and species of Alaska's untamed rivers. Featured in Fish Alaska Magazine and Flylords.
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
region guide
Alaska is fly fishing distilled to its most primal form. Five species of Pacific salmon, trophy rainbow trout fattened on salmon eggs and flesh, Arctic grayling in waters that have never seen a hatchery truck — this is the complete guide to planning and fishing the Last Frontier.
seasonal playbook
Summer is fly fishing's season of abundance. Sixteen-hour days, prolific hatches, aggressive fish, and the full spectrum from mountain trout to saltwater flats. This is your playbook for making the most of the warmest, longest, most generous months of the fishing year.
TopwaterintermediateAlaska
#2 - #2/0
Ken Morrish's foam-bodied mouse pattern. More durable than deer hair mice, easier to cast, and equally effective at convincing trophy rainbows to annihilate the surface.
Rainbow Trout · Arctic Char
TopwateradvancedAlaska
#1/0 - #2/0
Large, buoyant rodent pattern imitating the lemmings and voles that swim across Alaskan tundra streams. Trophy rainbow trout and Arctic char eat them with volcanic aggression.
Rainbow Trout · Arctic Char · Northern Pike
TopwaterintermediateGulf Coast & Emerald Coast
#1/0 - #2/0
Foam-backed topwater fly that pushes a V-wake across the flats. Dawn and dusk. Explosive strikes.
Redfish · Speckled Trout · Jack Crevalle
TopwaterintermediateGulf Coast & Emerald Coast
#1/0 - #2/0
Joe Blados' folded foam topwater that creates an erratic, side-to-side action. The fly that makes jacks lose their minds.
Jack Crevalle · Spanish Mackerel · Redfish · Speckled Trout · Ladyfish
TopwateradvancedGulf Coast & Emerald Coast
#1/0 - #2/0
Spun deer hair head creates a popping, diving action. Originally for bass, now a Gulf Coast classic for reds in skinny water.
Redfish · Snook · Jack Crevalle
TopwaterintermediateGulf Coast & Emerald Coast
#1/0 - #2/0
Bob Popovics' hard-bodied popper. The cupped face creates a loud pop that calls fish from distance. Not subtle. Not meant to be.
Redfish · Speckled Trout · Jack Crevalle · Snook