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  • John on Metolius | www.riverkeeperflies.com

    9 Years

    March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

    Another year. My how time flies. That’s right, RiverKeeper Flies quietly celebrated another milestone earlier this month, turning 9 years old! Website RiverKeeper Flies began in early 2014 when I first learned about websites and published my initial post on March 5, 2014. I wasn’t sure where this journey would take me. Initially, I thought…

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  • Flick's March Brown Nymph | www.johnkreft.com

    Art Flick’s March Brown Nymph

    March 15, 2023March 21, 2026

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Art Flick’s March Brown Nymph. Since it’s March, I’m continuing to feature several March Brown Mayfly imitations. I hope you read last week’s TBT post about Art Flick’s March Brown Dry Fly. This is another one of Art Flick’s flies I found this fly in The Founding Flies…

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  • Whiting Cree Hackle | www.johnkreft.com

    Tying Flies with Cree Hackle

    March 14, 2023March 14, 2023

    It took more than 50 years into my fly tying journey to purchase my first Cree hackle. I wanted one because every fly tyer is supposed to want one. They’re rare to find and expensive when you finally get the chance. I always wondered what it would be like tying flies with Cree hackle. I…

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  • Flick's March Brown| www.johnkreft.com

    Art Flick’s March Brown Dry Fly

    March 8, 2023June 26, 2025

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Art Flick’s March Brown Dry Fly. Here is an image from the front. For some reason, these Catskill style flies really speak to me. This one is tied with a split wing of Wood Duck and a mix of grizzly and medium ginger, materials I really enjoy tying…

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  • Last Day on the Buraleo River in Argentina | www.johnkreft.com

    Heli Fly Fishing from Chochoy Mallin Lodge with SET Fly Fishing

    March 7, 2023March 14, 2023

    Today, I’ll share the last few days of our heli fly fishing from Chochoy Mallin Lodge with SET Fly Fishing. I’ll introduce you to the remaining waters we fished; the Buraleo and Trocoman rivers and Trolope Lagoon. In case you missed my earlier posts, here are the links: Buraleo River Welcome to the Buraleo River!…

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  • Stalcup's CDC Emerging Dun - March Brown | www.johnkreft.com

    Shane Stalcup’s CDC March Brown Emerging Dun

    March 1, 2023December 5, 2025

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Shane Stalcup’s CDC March Brown Emerging Dun. Since it’s the first of March, my wife had a brilliant idea to highlight March Brown mayfly imitations during this month. Occasionally, she comes up with great ideas…actually, most of the time! I highlighted a similar fly, a Green Drake version…

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  • Pajarito Springs | www.johnkreft.com

    Fishing Pajarito Springs and Trocoman River with SET Fly Fishing

    February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

    I hope you read last week’s Fly Fishing in Argentina with SET Fly Fishing post. I tried to capture the uniqueness of our heli fly fishing in Patagonia and more importantly, the people and overall experience. This week, I’ll share fishing Pajarito Springs and Trocoman River with SET Fly Fishing. We fished a diversity of…

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  • Swisher's PMX Royal | www.riverkeeperflies.com

    Doug Swisher’s PMX Royal

    February 22, 2023March 21, 2026

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Swisher’s PMX Royal. Swisher’s PMX Royal is a variation of his original Madam X fly Swisher created in the 1980’s to imitate hoppers and stoneflies. This variation adds the visibility of a post, hence the name Parachute Madam X…PMX. You’ll find bodies of red, orange, and even lime…

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  • Fly Fishing in Argentina with SET Fly Fishing

    Fly Fishing in Argentina with SET Fly Fishing

    February 21, 2023April 1, 2026

    We returned recently from fly fishing in Argentina with SET Fly Fishing, after spending 7 nights and 6 days fly fishing on the eastern side of the Andes Mountain range in the Patagonia region. Fishing is still fishing, whether here in North America or in the Patagonia region of Argentina and Chile. Rainbows are still…

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  • Condor Nymph | www.johnkreft.com

    Juan’s Condor Nymph

    February 16, 2023February 16, 2023

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Juan’s Condor Nymph. OK, it might not be a true Throw Back Fly, bit it fits my theme of our recent trip to Argentina. Juan Carlos Carrera was one of our guides from SET Fly Fishing during our stay at Estancia Chochoy Mallin in NW Argentina. He pulled…

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