I can’t believe another year has passed already! As I reminisce, here are some accomplishments and favorite memories from 2021 on RiverKeeper Flies. You might recall I keep track of the flies I tie. This year, the grand total is approaching 2,200 with a couple more days to go until the new year. The total…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Electric Caddis TBT. I pulled out Greg Thomas’ book Best Flies for Idaho (2000) from my bookshelf and thumbed through it and found the Electric Caddis who attributed the fly to Mike Lawson. It got me to thinking…I wonder if the fly is listed in Lawson’s Spring…
I hope you saw last week’s post Early Winter Euro Nymph Fly Fishing where I highlighted several of my favorite Euro nymph fly patterns. I shared the Olive Perdigon YouTube video and just posted my newest RiverKeeper Flies video of the Rainbow Warrior Perdigon nymph on my YouTube channel. Click on the fly image to…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Atherton No.4 dry fly. John Atherton (1900 – 1952) was an artist by trade and incorporated his impressionistic art into the flies he tied. The hackle of the Atherton No. 4 are mixed medium dun and Cree to create a life-like fly imitating the real insects. The…
I fished my favorite river late last week. You’ll be surprised to know I did a little early winter Euro nymph fly fishing. It’s the first time the rod’s been out in several months. If you are a regular RiverKeeper Flies reader, you know how much I enjoy dry fly fishing. I love watching a…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Don Martinez Golden Quail. Don Martinez (around 1903 – 1955), was born in Washington, Connecticut. His fly tying was influenced by fishing the Catskill area of New York. Martinez moved to Chicago where he was in the real estate business for a short time before moving on…
In this week’s post, I’m sharing a fishing experience from this summer’s fly fishing road trip. I just finished editing the latest video on my RiverKeeper Flies YouTube channel called Sight Fishing to Rising Fish on the Madison River. If you are a regular here at RiverKeeper Flies, you know how much we enjoy fishing…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Charles Brooks Emerger Ida May. Some days I have difficulties deciding which fly to feature for a TBT fly. I walk over to my fly fishing and fly tying library and selected a book or two. I found today’s fly in Brooks’ book entitled The Henry’s Fork…
I’m starting to think about next year’s fishing trips and wondering where to go. I thought you might benefit from my thought process on how to plan a fly fishing trip. This map is one I created back in 2019 to show where we have fished during our Fly Fishing Road Trips. If you’re a…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Atherton No.1 dry fly. John Atherton (1900 – 1952) was an artist by trade and incorporated his impressionistic art into the flies he tied. The hackle of the Atherton No. 1 are all mixed colors to create a life-like fly imitating the real insects. Interestingly, he didn’t…
