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 ...

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More than 50 percent of the average trout’s diet consists of tiny midges, and it’s these microscopic insects that you’ll most likely find flying above local streams this month. But don’t knock ...

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.

In preparation for a sacred day in the lives of many Northern Michigan outdoors people — that being opening day of trout season on April 28 — I asked several local fly fishing fanatics what six flies ...

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