Here’s a little twist for Throw Back Thursday. I’m doing it with older flies. Why not?
This fly is a Tied Down Caddis. It’s one of the first flies I used over 40 years ago.


Here’s a little twist for Throw Back Thursday. I’m doing it with older flies. Why not?
This fly is a Tied Down Caddis. It’s one of the first flies I used over 40 years ago.



By the time you read this post, I’ll be headed to Patagonia on a fly fishing trip in Argentina and Chile. We took a trip to Argentina last January to fish with SET Fly Fishing at the Estancia Chochoy Mallin Lodge and enjoyed our heli-fly fishing adventure so much, we decided to return again this…

A Grey Hackle Peacock is this week’s Throw Back Thursday fly. An old one I found in one of my vintage fly wallets. Notice the leader tied into the fly. We don’t tie them like that anymore. Like I said – OLD. A wet fly originated in the 1700’s. Have any in your fly box?

This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Galloup’s Zoo Cougar. Since I’m staying at Slide Inn on the Madison River this week, I thought it appropriate to feature a few of Kelly’s flies for my Throw Back Thursday Fly feature. I spent some time with him at the shop taking photos of a few of…

This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Polly Rosborough’s Silver Admiral. I’ve featured several flies from Polly, including the Casual Dress and Fledermouse. To find all his flies, simply use the search bar above and type in “Rosborough”. The original materials called for pink yarn. I don’t seem to have any in my fly tying…

We have been fly fishing the Madison River in early July 2024 and it’s been HOT! Not the fishing…the temperature! I’m guessing you experienced the same high temperatures where you live too. But here we are, enjoying the wade section which includes $3 Bridge, West Fork, and Lyon’s Bridge. The elevation is just over 6,000…

We have been back from our Patagonia fly fishing trip for a week and a half and thought I’d share a few odds and ends as I’m slowly getting back into a normal routine. We returned home to a snowy driveway and temperatures in the 30’s, a vast departure from summer weather in Argentina. I…