Favorite Throw Back Thursday Flies for 2019

December 25, 2019April 23, 2021

I can’t believe this is the last Throw Back Thursday Fly post for 2019. New Year’s is a week away, but it’s the last Thursday of the year and I thought it was appropriate to share a few of my favorite Throw Back Thursday Flies for 2019.

Just click on the fly’s name to learn more about the fly.

Bergman’s Undertaker

Undertaker Side View | www.johnkreft.com

Bergman’s Orange Black

Bergman’s Irish Turkey

And a couple of flies I didn’t tie. The first one is a Shane Stalcup fly tied by one of my subscribers who knew Shane and was pleased to see I was keeping his memory alive by highlighting some of his flies.

Tied by Jimbo Busse

I found this in Hamilton, MT while fishing the Bitterroot River. This is from Chuck Stranahan.

Tied by Rick Lester

I’ll leave you with two images from popular posts. No, they weren’t about flies, just an old vise and fly rod. They garnered several Comments.

Enjoy…go fish!

Jacklin Woolly Worm
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This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Jacklin Woolly Worm. The Jacklin Woolly Worm pictured above is another fly tied by Bob Jacklin and loaned to me by a good friend. He told me Bob has used this fly with success on the Madison River between Hebgen and Quake Lakes in Montana. Jacklin is…
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Goose and Turkey Biot Flies
February 28, 2017March 9, 2021
There is something about goose and turkey biot flies that look so realistic. I was reminded of this as I completed a recent fly order with a few BWO – CDC & Biot flies. As you can see in the picture, goose and turkey biots come in a variety of dyed colors. Here is a…
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Spring on the River
April 19, 2022April 19, 2022
Spring is here, the middle of April. What that tells me is some of my favorite insects will begin hatching in less than a month. We went to the river recently, once with fly rods in hand and another day to enjoy the river on a 5 mile hike. Both days were enjoyable and perhaps…
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Cate’s Turkey Flies
November 25, 2020February 21, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly are some Cate’s Turkey flies. I tied these many years ago. I found this fly pattern in Randall Kaufmann’s American Nymph Fly Tying Manual (1975). It was one of my first fly tying books. There were 8 colored pages out of the 90 plus pages showing…
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Zug Bug
August 21, 2014March 2, 2021
Zug Bug is the next fly for Thow Back Thursday. I tied it on an old Mustad 3906 hook. This fly was created by Cliff Zug in the 1930s. It was one of a handful of nymphs I started to tie and fish with. For some reason, you won’t see it in my fly box…
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On the River and at the Fly Tying Bench
September 2, 2025October 25, 2025
What should we do on a warm summer evening? How about head to the river with popcorn and a beer to see if any fish are rising? We’d taken a few days off because of the forest fire around Sisters. Lots of homes were evacuated and the fire was stopped about 2 miles from town….
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John Marsman says:
December 26, 2019 at 5:28 am
I had that very vise (model)
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