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…
I continue to work on fly tying orders and head to the river to try my luck. Fishing has been a slow for me, which is normal in April. It’s one of the reasons I wrote If I Only Had Two Flies last week. I was reminiscing about hatches I’m looking forward to rising fish….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Wright’s Fluttering Caddis. This is a fly that was recently brought to my attention by a customer asking me to tie some. I hadn’t heard of the fly before, but it’s similar to Buz Buszek’s Kings River Caddis below. The only real difference is the wing. Leonard Wright…
I’ve been at the fly tying bench lately working on orders. I’m currently tying a few Green Drake imitations. It got me thinking about three important hatches I’m really looking forward to this year…Green Drakes, Salmonflies & Golden Stones, and Caddis. Are you looking forward to a favorite hatch? Yes, my mind wanders a little…
