This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Pale Evening Dun. The Pale Evening Dun is a Ray Bergman dry fly listed in his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) on page 123, Plate No. 6. Bergman was well known for his wet flies, but his book also lists dry flies, streamers, nymphs,…
Fly tying season has started for me. I’ve been filling one of the provider boxes with RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripples. I tie them to imitate every mayfly, including BWOs, PMDs, Green Drakes, and Flavs. In fact, I’ve tied just over nine dozen since the first of the year. I’ll be travelling to Boise, ID in…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Silver Hilton Steelhead Fly. I found this Silver Hilton steelhead fly in my old fly box and thought I’d share it with you. Obviously, it’s been in there awhile, but I’m sure it would fish just fine.
Happy New Year 2020 everyone! I thought today’s post would be a good time to take a look back at 2019. I’d like to express my gratitude to all the RiverKeeper Flies subscribers and readers who have found me one way or another. 2019 has been another good year. I’ll begin with a few statistics…
I can’t believe this is the last Throw Back Thursday Fly post for 2019. New Year’s is a week away, but it’s the last Thursday of the year and I thought it was appropriate to share a few of my favorite Throw Back Thursday Flies for 2019. Just click on the fly’s name to learn…
Wishing everyone holiday greetings of a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from RiverKeeper Flies! I hope you were on Santa’s “good list” this year and received an item or two for your fly fishing adventures in 2020. Enjoy…go fish!
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Jacklin Woolly Worm. The Jacklin Woolly Worm pictured above is another fly tied by Bob Jacklin and loaned to me by a good friend. He told me Bob has used this fly with success on the Madison River between Hebgen and Quake Lakes in Montana. Jacklin is…
If you fish long enough, at some point your fly boxes will wear out and need to be replaced. The question is what to replace them with? It’s something I dealt with recently and why I’m writing today about choosing a fly box. In addition, it’s a good time of year to get your fly…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the White Miller dry fly. This is a fly a customer gave me as a sample to tie for him, a size 12 short-shank hook. I did some quick research on a White Miller dry fly and couldn’t find much at all about the origins of the fly….
I finally got back to the river last week. This year’s November weather was a little different than usual. We were able to fish a good week and a half into November. I’ve said in past years the dry fly fishing usually stops around November 1. It’s like someone throws a switch and the fishing…
