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Ok I am unsure of the spelling but I am just going to type it in a pronounciation format. It is called a Mouse E bug. The bait store guy told me it was found in pig dung. He said it was popular for crappie and blue gill as a live bait. I have been tying flies to sell to the bait store. So far 30 of my flies are for sale in the local bait shop. I got an ice tip up and well once I sell enough of them I am going to buy a new fly rod.
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nope no other name name for it. It has a white body and some bucktail tied to the back of the hook. Any idea what it could be? Either way I am going to make him some mouse E grubs and sell them to him. I will post pics when I am done but I am using a green chenille and light green bucktail instead of white.
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okay, I am not the expert in this areana but this is sure sounding like a dung beetel to me.. sooo with that in mind I did a littel checkign and found this one site .. not sure if it will help but figure it cant hurt any either..
[url "http://www.alaskaflyfishingonline.com/afb/dungbeetle.html"]denali dung beetle[/url]
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[center][font "Pristina"][green][size 4][cool]I don't think they even have wild boars living in Alaska.[/size][/green][/font][/center]
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..just thought of something else.... but in a fly swap (I think) a few years ago someone tied a small beetle fly with a green line down its back.. .. does anyone but me remember that?? lol..
...edit to post.. it was a yellow stripe down the back but I would swear I have one with a lime green stripe... either way.. here is the link to the website with the particulars on the foam beetle...
hope this helps...
[url "http://www.freewebs.com/macfly55/Fly%20Swap%20Files/FlyTyer10/Fly1Recipe.html"]Foam Beetle
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Lynn Scott from B.S. Flies in Idaho tied that one Mac. Awesome fly with a copper john or a chironomid dropper!
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I don't think there is an original tier as well he said it was a really popular live bait. See how I got started on this is I tied a few random patterns just to see if the fish would go for it. Just filling the fly box with my own creations. I showed the one to the bait store owner and well he said it looked like a Mouse E Bug. He said it was really popular live bait. So I guess I must be the original tier. I am going to get to work on the color variation he wanted. He said they use them for crappie and blue gill. He definitly said it was a popular live bait. I just wish I could find one as well it would help to have a picture of it. Otherwise I am going to make it just like the other one except green chennille instead of the rainbow chennille I used. I am going to ask the guy more about this bug next time I see him. Since it is a bait shop and it is supposed to be popular maybe he carries them and I can trade him my fake ones for the real deal or maybe even just get a lead on them.
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... I rememvbered that one from the first bft fly swap we did.. that is why posted the link to it.. maybe it will help..
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thanks for posting. I hope you don't think I am upset. I was just explaining that i was told it was live bait. If you thought I was upset I apoligize. I am just really curios as to what I accidentally imatated. I made a green version like I was asked to do and I will post it as soon as I get a picture. Probably tomorrow.
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