{"id":1297,"date":"2014-04-06T21:10:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T01:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2014-04-06T22:48:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T02:48:34","slug":"elliotts-bass-and-tarpon-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?p=1297","title":{"rendered":"Elliott&#8217;s Bass and Tarpon Flies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 20px;\"><b>Bass Flies<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"><b>Elliott Deighton<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 16px;\"><b>Morrish<\/b><b>\u00a0Mouse<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Morrish-Mouse.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?attachment_id=1298\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Morrish-Mouse.jpg?fit=174%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"174,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Morrish Mouse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Morrish-Mouse.jpg?fit=174%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1298 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Morrish Mouse\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Morrish-Mouse.jpg?resize=174%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #888888; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5em;\">This easy mouse pattern was developed for Alaskan rainbows but it makes a great bass fly as well as a top water pattern for big brown trout and brook trout.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hook:<\/span><\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Mustad\u00a0C52S BLN bass stinger size of choice<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tail:<\/span><\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0natural rabbit strip with hair removed except for \u00bd inch at the end<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shellback<\/span><\/strong>:-\u00a0tapered strip of black closed cell sheet foam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Body:<\/strong><\/span>&#8211;\u00a0spun natural deer hair<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 14px; color: #888888;\">Tying instructions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-Tie in the rabbit strip tail making it about 2 hook lengths long. Cut off all the fur except the last \u00bd inch if you haven\u2019t done so before hand. This gives the tail more action and makes it easier to cast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-Cut a strip of black foam about as wide as the hook gap and taper it for about the hook shank in length.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-Tie in the narrow end at the tail with the strip facing backwards over the tail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-Spin natural\u00a0coloured\u00a0deer hair (body hair) over the tail and foam tie down thread<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">\u00a0entire\u00a0shank as well as the remaining hook shank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-With the thread behind the hook eye, cut a narrow path through the hair on top of the hook for the foam to sit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-Pull the foam forward and tie down behind the eye with two lose turns of thread. Pull the foam tight as you hold the hair back and out of the way as you tighten the thread.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">Take several more tight turns of thread behind the foam lip then whip finish behind the hook eye by pulling the lip up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-Trim the lip to about \u00bc inch long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-Trim the deer hair flush on the belly of the fly and trim the sides into a delta wing shape or leave shaggy if desired.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">-Head cement all the thread and work some cement into the trimmed belly of the fly for added durability as well as floatability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #888888;\">Note. A weed guard of 20-25 lb mono can be added to the fly if you anticipate fishing in heavy weed cover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Duke\u00a0Nukem\u00a0Frog<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Duke-Nukem.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1299\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?attachment_id=1299\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Duke-Nukem.jpg?fit=225%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"225,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Duke Nukem\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Duke-Nukem.jpg?fit=225%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1299 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Duke Nukem\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Duke-Nukem.jpg?resize=225%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"225\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1314\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1314\" data-attachment-id=\"1314\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?attachment_id=1314\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Elliots Tarpon frog\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-1314 \" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Elliots Duke Nukem\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?resize=420%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?resize=619%2C619&amp;ssl=1 619w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Tarpon-frog.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elliott&#8217;s Duke Nukem<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tail:<\/strong><\/span>&#8211;\u00a0Chartreuse marabou<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Underbody<\/span><\/strong>:-\u00a0strip of yellow closed cell foam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Overbody:<\/strong><\/span>&#8211;\u00a0strip of chartreuse or light green closed cell foam<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Legs:<\/strong><\/span>&#8211;\u00a02 pair of yellow round rubber or\u00a0Silli\u00a0Legs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Eyes:<\/strong><\/span>&#8211;\u00a0Doll eyes or 3D eyes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Glues:<\/span><\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0super glue and UV glue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 16px; color: #808080;\">Tying instructions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Tie in a marabou plume about 2 hook lengths for the tail. Tie down the butts of the marabou well to just shy of the hook eye as this gives a nice base for the foam later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Tie in 2 pair of rubber legs, one pair just forward of the hook point and another pair just behind the middle of the hook shank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Cut 2 strips of foam (yellow and chartreuse) the same width (approx 3\/8 inch) and taper one end of each to a blunt point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-With your thread at the middle of the hook shank, gently tie down the chartreuse on top of the hook with the blunt point end pointing back over the tail about one hook shank past the bend. This tie down method involves 2 lose wraps of thread over the foam before tightening down. Use this technique for tying down all the foam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Place the yellow foam strip on the bottom of the hook with the point against the inside of the hook bend and tie that down. Note that all of the foam tie down wraps should be in the same place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Bring the thread forward between the two strips of foam to just behind the hook eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Apply a small amount of super glue on the top and bottom of the hook shank from the rear tie down spot to the hook eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Bind down the chartreuse and yellow foam with wraps of thread behind the hook eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Bring the thread back to the rear tie down spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Fold both the chartreuse and yellow foam back towards the tail Trim both flaps of foam to about half the length of the corresponding piece underneath it. Clip the corners off the two flaps of foam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Apply a small bead of super glue to the inside of both pieces of foam and bind them down at the rear tie down spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Whip finish and cut the thread or use a drop of super glue to hold the thread in place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Mark the top of the fly with an olive permanent marker and apply the eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Coat the head of the fly and the eyes with UV glue and set the glue with a UV flashlight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 16px;\"><b>Floating Tarpon Toad Fly<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Floating-Tarpon-Toad-Fly.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1300\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/iwffc.ca\/?attachment_id=1300\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Floating-Tarpon-Toad-Fly.jpg?fit=256%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"256,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Floating Tarpon Toad Fly\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Floating-Tarpon-Toad-Fly.jpg?fit=256%2C192&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1300 aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Floating Tarpon Toad Fly\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Floating-Tarpon-Toad-Fly.jpg?resize=256%2C192&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Duke-Nukem.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Elliots Duke Nukem\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iwffc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Elliots-Duke-Nukem.jpg?resize=420%2C420&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">This is a simple pattern originally tied for tarpon but it works very well for largemouth bass as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Hook<\/strong><\/span>:-\u00a0Mustad\u00a0C52S BLN bass stinger size of choice<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tail:<\/strong><\/span>&#8211;\u00a0various materials can be used including ostrich\u00a0herl, marabou, rabbit\u00a0zonker\u00a0strip or\u00a0schlappen\u00a0feathers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Body:<\/strong><\/span>&#8211;\u00a0lengths of closed cell foam tied in figure eight fashion then trimmed to shape<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">Glue in between the segments with super glue and run a bead of super glue along the underside hook shank on the thread.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 16px; color: #808080;\">Tying instructions<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-Form a thread base over the entire hook shank and tie in the tail at the hook bend. The tail can be your choice of marabou or ostrich\u00a0herl\u00a0with a collar of marabou or\u00a0schlappen\u00a0feathers or\u00a0zonker\u00a0strip with a similar collar or even flared hackle legs and a hackle collar. Get creative and come up with your\u00a0favourite\u00a0tail. Try adding a few strands of\u00a0flashabouand or rubber legs as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">-The body is made up of short lengths of closed cell foam tied cross ways on the hook shank with figure eight thread windings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">The foam is made by gluing two different\u00a0colours\u00a0of sheet foam together with 3M Super 77 spray adhesive then cutting the two layers into strips as wide as the two layers are thick so that you end up with match stick like square pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">Gluing the foam pieces together as well as along the hook shank really stiffens up the body and locks it securely to the hook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">Like most bass flies, a weed guard can be added if needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">Happy Tying<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px; color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;\">Elliott Deighton<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"mailto:bass.man@sympatico.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">bass.man@sympatico.ca<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bass Flies Elliott Deighton Morrish\u00a0Mouse \u00a0 \u00a0This easy mouse pattern was developed for Alaskan rainbows but it makes a great bass fly as well as a top water pattern for big brown trout and brook trout. \u00a0Hook:&#8211;\u00a0Mustad\u00a0C52S BLN bass stinger size of choice Tail:&#8211;\u00a0natural rabbit strip with hair removed except for \u00bd inch at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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