It shouldn’t come as a surprise if you’ve followed RiverKeeper Flies for some time that I like to fish dry flies. I can tie many fly patterns, but I always come back to what I describe as simple, but effective flies. That phrase seems to be my mantra and those types of flies are generally…
We returned to Rakin Lodge with SET Fly Fishing in 2026 to fish for ten days. This year, they’ve incorporated fly fishing three days on the Rio Trocoman into their program. It’s a river we’ve fished the past three years (I’ll link those posts at the bottom of this page) and we were hoping to…
We just finished our adventure with SET Fly Fishing at Rakin Lodge in Argentina. It was a return trip for us as we were some of the first anglers to fly fish there last year. We only fished the Rio Codihue twice last year, but were able to fish six days during this trip. The…
We’re finished packing for a 2026 fly fishing trip to Patagonia. This year, we will be with SET Fly Fishing at Rakin Lodge and then on to a new experience with El Encuentro Fly Fishing. We really enjoyed fishing the Rio Codihue at Rakin Lodge last year as we added a few extra days on…
I hope you had a wonderful 2025, full of memories and experiences that make you smile when you think about them. We sure did! I like to reflect at year-end about what happened on RiverKeeper Flies and share with you a few thoughts on this year in review post. Yes, this will be a memory…
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from here at RiverKeeper Flies!
I finished a customer order last week and am now tying more flies for Patagonia and my Patagonia fly box. I was able to fill in the remaining holes with Fat Albert and Card’s Cicada flies. We’ve been fortunate to fish Patagonia the last few years and are excited for our upcoming trip in January….
I’ve been spending a lot of time at the vise trying to complete fly orders and tying flies for our upcoming trip to Argentina. I recently purchased some hooks to tie customer flies because I was out of them. I received them in the mail a couple days ago and smiled at the hook size…
I’ve been tying flies at the vise, for customers as well as our own fly boxes. I enjoy tying a variety of flies for my customers. Many of them I don’t fish, but they are a joy to tie. In fact, remember the 8/0 BEAST Fleyes I featured a few weeks ago (link HERE)? I…
I recently completed an order of ten LARGE saltwater streamer patterns for a customer to use for marlin and giant trevally fly fishing. These new-to-me BEAST Fleyes are not quick to tie and challenged my fly tying abilities. It’s the first fly I’ve ever tied in hand during my 55 year fly tying journey. I…
