The first stop on our road trip was fly fishing Idaho’s Kelly Creek and North Fork Clearwater River. Fly fishing Kelly Creek has been on my list of places to fish for many years. We finally checked it off the list. Kelly Creek is located north of highway 12 which runs from Lewiston, ID to…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the H & L Variant. Sure, I’ve heard of this fly before, but to be honest, I wouldn’t have been able to describe it to you. I just remembered the name. The fly is credited to R.C. Coffman of Colorado. Legend has it that he tied this fly…
I’m planning for an upcoming fly fishing road trip, actually three separate trips this summer. If you’ve been following RiverKeeper Flies for awhile, you know we head out for some fly fishing in other areas. This year is no exception. On our first trip this summer, we have plans to fish some or all of…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Bunse Natural Dun – Green Drake. The Bunse Natural Dun was created by Richard Bunse, Falls City, OR. I’m not certain when Richard created the fly, but I probably bought my first one in the 1980’s. If you know more about this fly, be sure to leave…
I’m beginning preparation for a few upcoming fly fishing road trips. One lesson from prior trips was how effective terrestrial fly patterns helped save our fishing. So I thought I’d share a few of my favorite fly patterns I plan to carry in the next couple of months. As an added bonus, I’ll provide a…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Flybody Dun – Red Quill. This fly is part of a set of five dry flies by the H.L. Leonard Rod Company that came in a clear 4 inch rectangular tube and the last of my TBT posts for these flies. I’ve highlighted other flies, including the…
If you read my post last week, Hoping for Hatching Callibaetis Mayflies, I thought I’d provide an update on our early season East Lake fishing experience. And be sure to check out a Non-Twist Knot I’ve started to experiment with for some of the bigger flies I fish. You’ll find it at the end of…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Flybody Dun – March Brown. This fly is part of a set of five dry flies by the H.L. Leonard Rod Company that came in a clear 4 inch rectangular tube and is the second TBT fly highlighted. Here’s what I wrote last week about these flies……
By the time you read today’s post, I’ll be fishing at East Lake. It will be the first lake I’ve fished this year and I’m hoping for hatching Callibaetis mayflies and rising fish. In preparation of my trip, I decided to review my own information about Callibaetis mayflies to make sure I have the flies…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Flybody Dun – Quill Gordon. This fly is part of a set of five dry flies by the H.L. Leonard Rod Company that came in a clear 4 inch rectangular tube. A good friend of mine is into my Throw Back Thursday posts and evidently has an…
