Type
Terrestrial: Mouse
Stage
Hemorrhoidal Mouse (As seen and Used in Eastern Rises)
For those who call requesting a deer hair mouse recipe, here is your mouse. In this video Frank Smethurst ties his Hemorrhoidal Mouse that he popularized in the movie Eastern Rises. This is a big trout magnet in Colorado, Alaska, Montana, and Russia. Pardon the crowd noise as this video was filmed during our legendary fly shop Christmas party! If you weren’t there, you missed a good show!
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Hook: TMC 5262 #2-6
Thread: 3/0 tan
Tail: Med Size Chenille light brown
Hemorrhoid: Orange chenille
Body: Deer Hair
Great video. And I love Eastern Rises!
I have been tying mice for a while and I was curious, is there anywhere up in Wyoming to fish with mice?
Thanks guys!
There’s always an opportunity…give it a late evening shot up here on the Reef in August when those fish are looking up for hoppers.
What sort of chenille do you guys use for this one ? Much stiffer than mine – is it wired ? Thanks.
Frank uses whatever chenille happens to be in front of him at the moment. I really don’t think it matters. Pay more attention to the overall shape of the body and how densely you stack, spin and trim the hair. It’s all about the wake!
Theo – thanks for the response !
Nice tying vid, but it’s not the mouse from Eastern Rises, isn’t it? The H-mouse Frank was fishing in Eastern Rises was deerhair with an orange foamback. Something like a gurgler. Can’t you show that one in a tying video?
Many thanks!
Samaki,
Frank stated that they did fish this one during the movie, but when they needed to substitute out the mice due to supply of Gink, he would sometimes tie them with an orange foamback, so you are correct with that.