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  • Jacklin's Gray Drake | www.johnkreft.com

    Bob Jacklin Gray Drake

    June 23, 2021March 21, 2026

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Bob Jacklin Gray Drake. I found this fly when I walked into his fly shop last week. I stood in front of the fly bins and selected several I thought would make likely candidates for my TBT posts. I think I’m on a drake kick, since last…

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  • Henry's Fork Rainbow - Karen | www.johnkreft.com

    Fly Fishing the Henry’s Fork Brown and Green Drake Hatches

    June 22, 2021March 28, 2026

    We left the Madison River last Thursday because of poor hatches and headed to Last Chance, ID because of a report of Green Drakes hatching on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. This week’s post will be about our first impressions fly fishing the Henry’s Fork Brown and Green Drake hatches. It is shorter…

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  • Jacklin's Western Green Drake | www.johnkreft.com

    Bob Jacklin Western Green Drake

    June 16, 2021March 21, 2026

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Bob Jacklin Western Green Drake. I found this fly when I walked into his fly shop last week. I stood in front of the fly bins and selected several I thought would make likely candidates for my TBT posts. Bob’s fly is a Comparadun style fly with…

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  • $3 Bridge | www.johnkreft.com

    Fly Fishing the Madison River in June 2021

    June 15, 2021March 28, 2026

    This week’s post is about fly fishing the Madison River in June 2021.

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  • Dave's Hopper Flies | www.johnkreft.com

    Dave’s Hopper Fly Pattern

    June 9, 2021June 7, 2021

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Dave’s Hopper fly pattern. This is another fly pattern I haven’t tied in years. A customer recently asked me to tie the fly and I thought it was a great candidate for a TBT post. So here it is. Dave’s Hopper was designed by Dave Whitlock in the…

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  • Baja Rooster Fish | www.johnkreft.com

    Variety of Flies

    June 8, 2021March 28, 2026

    I’m surprised at the variety of flies I tie. I tie a lot of flies for my customers and receive feedback from some of them. I always enjoy reading their notes to me and it’s always rewarding to see the fruits of my labor. I pleased to see my flies work! Not the normal trout…

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  • Quigley Cripple Gray Drake | www.johnkreft.com

    Quigley Gray Drake Cripple

    June 2, 2021August 28, 2025

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Quigley Gray Drake Cripple. I didn’t find a fly pattern sheet for a Quigley Gray Drake Cripple. This was tied for a customer and I pulled a few materials out I thought looked good for the fly. For instance, the body is a goose quill wrapped with…

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  • Metolius Rainbow Closeup | www.johnkreft.com

    Favorite Images from the River

    June 1, 2021February 22, 2024

    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…

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  • Roy Palm's Frying Pan Biot Green Drake Parachute | www.johnkreft.com

    Roy Palm’s Frying Pan Biot Green Drake Parachute

    May 26, 2021March 21, 2026

    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…

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  • PMD Dun | www.johnkreft.com

    PMD Time

    May 25, 2021March 28, 2026

    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…

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