I can’t believe this is the last Throw Back Thursday Fly post for 2020. 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 2020.
In case you missed the flies and their stories, just click on the fly’s name to learn more.
I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I have!
Happy New Year!
Enjoy…go fish, stay safe!
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Wonder Wing Drake. Al and Gretchen Beatty graciously provided the information below from their new eBook entitled Wonder Wing Flies. While they didn’t invent the Wonder Wing, they have refined the technique used to drastically remove the possibility of the fly twisting while being cast due to…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Grizzly King…at least that’s what I think it is. Check out how the leader is attached to the hook…without an eye. This fly is from one of the Vintage Fly Wallets I own. (Be sure to check out my posts Antique Fly Wallets and Antique Fly Wallets Revisited)….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is John Shewey’s Spawning Purple Steelhead fly. I recently finished tying an order of a half dozen Shewey’s Spawning Purple steelhead flies. Shewey created this fly in the mid-1980’s and tells the story of creating this variant of Dave McNeese’s Spawning Purple. McNeese’s version utilized a tail of orange-dyed…
Another year has come and gone. For many, it’s a time of reflection and celebration of year end. Seems like an appropriate time to reflect about all I’ve done on my website this year. I started the RiverKeeper Flies blog as a way to combine my passion of fly fishing & fly tying with an ability to…
While sitting at the vise today, I decided to celebrate the 4th of July. Here’s what popped out the jaws.
I’ve been out on the river only a couple of times since the first of the year. It’s that time of year when you decide if you’re a die hard winter fly fisher because many days the temperatures hover around 32 degrees or colder. March is the month of transition. Spring weather is right around…
