I don't use the Mickey Finn pattern much anymore since there are much better minnow patterns out there now to fool trout, but the video demonstrates how to properly use a rotary vise. Worth watching for that reason alone.
Mickey Finn
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RCFetter
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This is one of my favorite flies to tie. I've tied so many over the years I considered myself to be an expert at it. This video taught me I still have much to learn. Thank you @afishinado !!
redietz
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One of the first, if not the first fly I learned to tie back in 1964. I caught a heck of a lot of crappie and pickerel on it back in the day. Not too many trout, but then again I haven't fished it much for trout, either.
wildtrout2
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I was 7 when you started tying. 🙂
RCFetter
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I've caught some stockies and blue gills with them in the past but I rarely fish the Mickey Finn now. I'm at an age where I do more tying than fishing.
JeffP
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I was on a role with stockies one year on the Finn after never having caught one before. When I lost that one, that was it! I need to try it again.
redietz
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I was only 12.
dc410
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I learned what native Brook trout were on some blue liners in the Michaux State Forest in the mid 80’s while a freshman forestry student at Penn State - Mont Alto campus. Many of those native brookies were caught on a scaled down version of a Mickey Finn. A snapshot of a beautiful wild specimen of PA’s state fish with a Mickey Finn hanging in its jaw is just kind of retro!
