• Tying Pheasant Tail Perdigons

    This week’s post is about tying Pheasant Tail Perdigons. In addition, I’ll offer some detailed information about hooks as well as a heads up about fly shop inventories. Let me begin with fly shop inventories. I stopped by my local fly shop yesterday, The Fly Fisher’s Place here in Sister, OR and talked with Jeff…

  • Clark’s Stonefly

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Lee Clark’s Stonefly. Lee Clark developed this wing-style body dressing, which “refers to flies in which the yarn is combed and tied atop the hook shank in a downwing fashion but actually serves as the body.” Fly tying with Poly Yarn – (2000) Lee was a high school…

  • Very Small Flies

    I finished a few small flies for two different customers recently. I’m always amazed how the stars seem to align. Turns out, both orders included some very small flies. I remember several years ago stating “if I need any flies size 20 or smaller, I’ll buy them!” Well, I’m having to eat those words right…

  • Stalcup’s CDC Parachute Dun

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Stalcup’s CDC Parachute Dun. Stalcup’s CDC Parachute Dun is another example of Shane’s creative mind. I don’t know if he was the first to utilize CDC as parachute hackle, but it’s very creative technique of tying a parachute fly. Many of his fly patterns are tied with biots…

  • Seven Years

    Seven years ago this week, I shared my first post on RiverKeeper Flies. Actually, my wife is the one responsible. She encouraged me to start a website. Little did I know then where my journey would take me. Initially, I thought it was a way to organize the fly pattern sheets I used and always…

  • Disco Midge TBT

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Disco Midge TBT. The Disco Midge is a very simple fly to tie and one I found in Ed Engle’s Tying Small Flies (2004). He writes it was developed on the Frying Pan River in Colorado. There are variants which utilize synthetic materials for the body. I…

  • New Look for RiverKeeper Flies

    It’s been 7 years since I started RiverKeeper Flies and a lot has changed technology-wise in that time. I decided it was time for a new look for RiverKeeper Flies. In addition, this update with my new Kadence WordPress theme is designed to smoothly adjust its layout based on your screen size and resolution. This improvement…

  • Dark Hendrickson

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Dark Hendrickson. I hope you read last week’s TBT post about Roy Steenrod’s Light Hendrickson fly pattern. I thought the Dark Hendrickson was an appropriate fly to highlight this week. You’ll note the only difference between the two flies is the color of the body. The Light…