Many times, I look for themes in the images I show in my posts. But I take a lot of pics and they don’t all fit in a weekly post. Today I thought I’d share some of my favorite images from the river in the last month. I hope you enjoy them as much as…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Roy Palm’s Frying Pan Biot Green Drake Parachute. Roy Palm of Frying Pan Anglers in Colorado created this fly. Unfortunately, Roy passed away in November 2019. If you’ve been around RiverKeeper Flies for a while, you know how I like Green Drakes! I think I’ll give this fly…
It’s PMD time again! I always look forward to this hatch. It begins in late May and will continue through September. Many hatches are in full swing now on my local waters in Central Oregon. Besides PMDs, there are Salmonflies, Green Drakes, and Caddis. It’s a wonderful time of year! PMDs, otherwise known as Pale…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday post is the Fly Tier’s Benchside Reference by Ted Leeson and Jim Schollmeyer. I purchased this 436-page reference book in 1999 as I recall. At $100, it was a major investment for me. Any question I had about a technique used to tie a fly was found in the book….
I’ve heard Salmonflies are here! They’re out in force on the Deschutes River. It’s an exciting time of year as the fish key on eating these big bugs. I’ve heard from others these stoneflies are all over the grasses along the river. Golden Stones won’t be far behind. They are a little smaller and lighter…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Royal Coachman Wet Fly. These Royal Coachman Wet Flies were in one of the old fly wallets I have. Do you know how many different variations there are to the Royal Coachman? I don’t either! There are many variations to the first Royal Coachman, which was a…
I’ve spent some time on my favorite river over the last couple of weeks waiting for hatches and rising fish. Some days, I was rewarded…other days I sat a lot and watched the river. While waiting, I decided to look in the streamside vegetation to see if I could locate some bugs. I thought it…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Parachute Adams encore. I call it an encore because I featured this fly back in 2014, the year I started RiverKeeper Flies. I wrote the following back then:
What fly should I use? That was the question I asked myself last week. I bet you ask yourself that question a lot. I arrived at the river and pulled out my backup Winston rod, an 8 1/2 foot 5 weight with my Ross Evolution LTX reel. Nice backup, right? It’s a 3-piece rod. My…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is about the Adams fly pattern history. The Adams was one of my first Throw Back Thursday Flies, posted in August 2014. I consisted of one image of a fly I tied many years ago (below), one sentence, and a link to a video. I’ve come a long way…
