This is the fourth year I’ve prepared a wish list for fly fisher’s. If you read prior year’s lists, there are several items remaining, because I really believe these are great gifts! I hope you find something useful on the 2019 Fly Fisher’s Christmas list. Many of these items can be purchased at your local…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Chuck Stranahan’s Brindle Chute. We stopped at Chuck Stranahan’s Flies & Guides during our last trip to Montana. Our reason for being there was to participate in Cast One for Hope, a celebration and major fundraiser of Casting for Recovery. The Brindle Chute was one of the flies Chuck picked…
I’ve written before why early November is a transition for me. Usually, the dry fly fishing on the Metolius River in November seems to switch off. Sure, you’ll have BWOs hatching throughout the winter, but that only lasts 20 – 30 minutes a day. This year is different. We’ve had mild weather the first week…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday post is about E. H. “Polly” Rosborough’s Tying and Fishing the FUZZY NYMPHS book. I obtained this book in the last year or so and it’s been on my book shelf all that time. Sure, I glanced through the pages, but either didn’t have an interest or was short of…
Over the last few months, I’ve tested different aluminum tread soles for wading boots. Today’s post provides information on the Korker Triple Threat aluminum soles and Rock Treads aluminum traction kit. From left to right: Rock Treads on Korker Kling-on rubber soles, Korker Triple Threat aluminum bar sole, Korker Triple Threat aluminum hex disc sole….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Orange Black. Since it’s Halloween, I thought it appropriate to post an orange and black fly. Bergman’s Orange Black is listed on page 122, Plate No. 6 of Ray Bergman’s book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing). As I’ve mentioned many times, I enjoy highlighting a Bergman…
We decided to take a quick trip to East Lake last week, hoping to find some Brown and Rainbow Trout along the shore. It looked like the last time we’d be fly fishing East Lake in late fall for 2019. Fall is a great time of year to find hungry, opportunistic fish who are bulking…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Undertaker. I haven’t posted a Ray Bergman wet fly in awhile, so I pulled out his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) to find a fly to tie and highlight. On page 254, Plate No. 9 I found the Undertaker. As I’ve mentioned many times,…
It’s good to be home. This week has found me transitioning from fly fishing to fly tying. It happens every year about now. In my experience, there’s only a week or two of good dry fly fishing remaining until the insects take a break until next year. I’ve said it many times before, it’s like…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Chuck Stranahan’s Golden Stone. We stopped at Chuck Stranahan’s Flies & Guides to see what we could find. The Golden Stone is one of the flies he pulled out for me to post. He stated it was a variant of Randall Kaufmann’s Stimulator. Here is a quote from Chuck’s website…
