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 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…
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…
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…
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…
One of the things I really enjoy about tying flies are the diversity of the flies I tie. The flies that came off my vice in the last week or so highlight this point. From a size 18 Improved Sparkle Dun BWO to the classic Catskill Quill Gordon and Light Hendrickson or a 2/0 saltwater…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Roy Steenrod’s Light Hendrickson. In this week’s post entitled Using Wood Duck, Mallard, and Teal Feathers for Fly Tying, I tied a Quill Gordon fly and decided to look for another classic Catskill fly pattern to highlight for this week’s TBT. I found the Light Hendrickson in Eric Leiser’s…
I enjoy tying flies with natural materials. A plethora of man-made materials have been introduced in recent years and all make very effective flies. I’m not suggesting all-natural flies catch more fish. There’s just something esthetically pleasing to my eye. I enjoy using Wood Duck, Mallard, and Teal feathers for fly tying. As a fly…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Blue Ribbon Flies Baetis Soft Hackle. A friend sent me this size 22 fly because we were discussing the wing material and how to tie them in small sizes. The Baetis Soft Hackle from Blue Ribbon Flies can be found in Fly Patterns of Yellowstone – Volume…
Last week I wrote about How to Choose Between Vests and Packs for Fly Fishing. The next logical question is how to carry a landing net? In fact, I received a couple comments about nets from that post. I’ll share some thoughts and practices that have or haven’t worked for me. Let me know if I missed something.
