I can’t believe this is the last Throw Back Thursday Fly post for the year. I thought it was appropriate to share a few of my favorite Throw Back Thursday Flies for 2018.
Just click on the fly’s name to learn more about the fly.
Alec Jackson Fancy Spade – Red
Lastly, the Tyer’s Wax just kind of spoke to me when I saw it for the first time. I wondered how many flies were tied using this piece of wax.
Enjoy…go fish!
We have plans in a couple of weeks to float the Lower Deschutes River from Warm Springs to Trout Creek. While I say Salmonfly hatch, we’re more likely to fish Golden Stone imitations as they’re the second major stonefly to hatch on the Deschutes at this time of year. I’ve been tying a lot of flies…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Andy Puyans A.P. Muskrat #2. André “Andy” Puyans (1935-2005) was born in Garden City, NY and began tying flies at the age of seven. He moved to San Francisco, CA in 1958 to tie flies for Abercrombie and Fitch and eventually opened his own fly shop, Creative Sports…
Here is a Matts Fur fly I tied and fished in the 1970’s. Found it in Kaufmann’s Tying Nymphs book which was my bible in those days. It still works! Use it for a Golden Stone nymph imitation.
While sitting at the vise today, I decided to celebrate the 4th of July. Here’s what popped out the jaws.
I’ve been at the fly tying desk lately working hard filling customer fly orders as well as the provider box. I thought this week’s post would highlight a few flies that have been coming off my vise. Some of the popular requests lately have been Clark’s Lady Stone, Improved Sparkle Dun – PMD, Hemingway Caddis,…
Our next fly fishing road trip is only a few weeks away and I need to begin getting our road trip flies ready for a several weeks of fishing. I’ve had a few RiverKeeper Flies regulars ask when we plan to leave on our next fly fishing road trip and whether we will return and…
