Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Since it is Thanksgiving, my wife thought is appropriate this week’s TBT would be the Cates Turkey. I tied one years ago on Thanksgiving. It was developed by Jerry Cate in the 1960’s at Davis Lake for Callibaetis. I think I’ll have to try it next summer!
Hope you like it.
If you are a new fly fisher, sometimes the sport can be intimidating. Which rod, reel, and line should I buy? What fly should I use? How do I simply identify bugs fish eat? The questions never end. I always tell new fly fishers to just get out and fish. You’ll learn by doing. Start…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is John Barr’s Bouface Streamer. This is another fly I found in the book entitled Barr Flies (2007). I’ve been tying Dolly Llama streamers and Barr’s Bouface was very similar to that fly. The Bouface is featured in chapter 19 and includes detailed tying instructions. Originally tied as a…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Granam or Green-Tail fly. I thought this was a good fly to go along with the Mother’s Day Caddis post about the American Grannom. I’ve told you before that my Throw Back Thursday Fly segment celebrates older flies and that “old” is in the eye of the…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Lindgren’s Peacock. This fly was developed by Ira Lindgren. The first TBT fly I posted from Ira was the Lingrens Olive. However, I’ve since learned the name was misspelled in the book I used as a reference.
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Mottled May, a fly developed by Charles DeFeo. I found this fly pattern in Forgotten Flies by Paul Schmookler & Ingrid Sils. This is a spectacular book and includes flies from Ray Bergman, Preston Jennings, Mary Orvis Marbury, and Carrie Stevens. I used Forgotten Flies as a reference for…
I had a terrific time at the 2020 Western Idaho Fly Fishing Expo last weekend in Boise, ID. It was my 8th year tying flies at this Expo and I’m beginning to feel right at home! As I mentioned in last week’s post, I decided to demonstrate a couple of Golden Stone dry flies –…
