Today’s Throw Back Thursday is another fly from one of the vintage fly wallets in my collection. And I don’t know the name of it. This wet fly is one I’d fish as a hatching caddis, swimming towards the surface. Perhaps a size 12? If you know what it is, please let me know…a Black Gnat?
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Barr’s Meat Whistle TBT. I tied this fly recently for a customer and thought it a good candidate for my TBT post. John Barr started developing the Meat Whistle in 2002. He spent two years tweaking the fly and fishing it alongside his normal spinning rod jig. It…
Wow! The weather has changed dramatically this week. The forecast shows 81 degrees on Thursday. The anticipation of some major hatches is very exciting and I decided I have to get a May fly box ready for the river. This is what I hope to catch. I’ve found the fish to be a little more…
I’ve been at the fly tying desk lately working hard filling customer fly orders as well as the provider box. I thought this week’s post would highlight a few flies that have been coming off my vise. Some of the popular requests lately have been Clark’s Lady Stone, Improved Sparkle Dun – PMD, Hemingway Caddis,…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday post is my first Fenwick fly rod. Yes, this is a departure from my normal TBT post where I highlight a fly pattern. But these posts are designed to trigger good memories and this is one of mine. This was my first REAL fly rod, the classic Fenwick 8 1/2′…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Lempke’s Extended Body Green Drake – TBT. Photo: Courtesy of Sandy Pittendrigh (www.fliesfliesflies.com) Cyril ‘Bing’ Lempke (1917 – 1991) was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, but moved to Idaho as a youngster. He fished the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River and the Teton River during his teens. It was there…
OK, let’s see if I can get your attention… Metolius River Rainbow Nice rainbow, huh? We’ve been catching fish on $3 Dip, RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple, Beetle Bailey, and an occasional Elk Hair Caddis. Now that you’re paying attention, here are some recent changes you may have missed. A few flies I’ve added to the Fly…
Definitely looks like what I learned as a Black Gnat wet fly from my father. He was a part time, local commercial fly tier. He tied trout flies for a couple of local sporting goods stores and tied Coho flies (to be trolled for silvers/cohos) for the local marina shop and boat house. He taught me the basics of tying in my early to mid-twenties and gave me his copy of “A Book of Trout Flies” by Preston Jennings. He tied a dry version of it also – identical except for upright gray quill sections in place of down wings.