Wishing everyone holiday greetings of a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from RiverKeeper Flies!

I hope you were on Santa’s “good list” this year and received an item or two for your fly fishing adventures in 2020.
Enjoy…go fish!
Wishing everyone holiday greetings of a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from RiverKeeper Flies!

I hope you were on Santa’s “good list” this year and received an item or two for your fly fishing adventures in 2020.
Enjoy…go fish!

This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Bob Jacklin Gray Drake. I found this fly when I walked into his fly shop last week. I stood in front of the fly bins and selected several I thought would make likely candidates for my TBT posts. I think I’m on a drake kick, since last…

I’ve been known to say if you break a rod, you’ll have a hell of a story. Here is my story of a Bull Trout and broken rod that happened recently. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning. The dog days of summer are definitely here as the heat wave…

I can’t believe the beautiful weather we’ve had the last couple of weeks. The types of bugs hatching along the river are definitely changing and I decided it’s time to get my April fly box in order. Gone are the days of concentrating on midge and Blue Wing Olive patterns in sizes 18 – 22…

I’ve spent some time on my favorite river over the last couple of weeks waiting for hatches and rising fish. Some days, I was rewarded…other days I sat a lot and watched the river. While waiting, I decided to look in the streamside vegetation to see if I could locate some bugs. I thought it…

We left the Madison River last Thursday because of poor hatches and headed to Last Chance, ID because of a report of Green Drakes hatching on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. This week’s post will be about our first impressions fly fishing the Henry’s Fork Brown and Green Drake hatches. It is shorter…

I’ve had time to think along the river lately while waiting for insects to hatch and fish to rise. I thought I’d share 5 tips to improve your fly fishing success and I’ll offer a few products I use frequently while fishing. Today’s post isn’t only for my readers. I need to heed my own…
Merry Christmas and the best for the holidays to Karen and yourself, John! I subscribed to your blog after your last COF presentation and regret not having done so before. Good writing, good prespective, good flys!
Personal thanks as well to both of you for ALL your contributions to the club and its activities as well. Wouldn’t be the same organization without you! Thanks and Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas to you and Karen. Thanks for the good instruction all year and the informative articles on Riverkeeper Flies.
Merry Christmas from the Johnson’s in AZ.
Thanks for all your educational Articles throughout the year! I read the all but don’t respond often because I often can’t pass your security ?
Happy new years.
Max and Linda
Merry Christmas Max. Hope you are enjoying warmer weather in AZ,
John
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and best wishes to you both toward another safe and successful year at the vise and on the water.
Donna and Wayne
Merry Christmas to you and Donna!
John
Merry Christmas John, all the best to you and yours for the holidays and through the new year. Thank you for all your posts and have a great year.
Thanks for the Comment Jimbo…Merry Christmas.
John
Hi John & Karen,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Beatty’s to you and yours there in Oregon. See you soon! Take care & …
Tight Lines – Gretchen & Al Beatty
Thanks Al. Merry Christmas to Gretchen and you as well.
John