Fly Fishing the Upper Columbia River at Black Bear Lodge
Here is our recent experience fly fishing the Upper Columbia River at Black Bear Lodge. It’s a unique fishery, catching Rainbow trout in 100,000 cfs of water using dry flies!
Tying Catskill Dry Flies
I’ve been tying Catskill dry flies for a customer and thought I’d share some classics and the Atherton No. 1 – No. 6 series with you.
Green Drake Spinners and Flies to Imitate Them
In this week’s post I share images of Green Drake spinners and flies to imitate them.
Filling a Customer Fly Order
I just finished filling a customer fly order for 68 flies, trying to tie a few flies each day before or after fishing. I thought you might enjoy seeing some of them.
Getting Ready for Salmonflies and Golden Stones
I happened to see my first Salmonfly of the season recently on my home waters. This isn’t a huge hatch like other waters in Central Oregon or the rivers you fish. But the Metolius is known for a Golden Stone hatch in the upper river starting around the 4th of July. We have a trip…
Fishing the Flying Ant Hatch
All of a sudden, you see fish rising. What are they rising to? Hmmm, something just flew into me. I look on my shoulder. It’s a flying ant! Have you ever fished the flying ant hatch? I don’t believe it’s a well-known hatch, but on my home waters, expect to see ants hitting you or…
Fly Fishing the Rio Codihue with SET Fly Fishing
Our last two days of fishing in Argentina found us fly fishing the Rio Codihue with SET Fly Fishing. We planned an extra 4 days of fly fishing after the week of fish hunting at Casa de Campo. The new SET lodge is called Rakin (although we know it as Codihue) and was approximately two…
Fly Box Spring Cleaning
I’m anxious for some good dry fly fishing. How about you? I was on the river the other day waiting for insects to hatch and find a fish or two rising to them. It never happened, but as I changed flies, I looked in my fly box and thought it was time for some fly…
Time at the Vise
I’ve spent time at the vise lately and finished an order of 96 dry flies for a customer and thought I’d share a few images of the flies. The first two are Klinkhamer and Quigley style flies. I enjoy tying these flies with turkey biot furled bodies. Both of these flies are size 20, a…
Fly Fishing at Trocoman House with SET Fly Fishing
After spending a week at Casa de Campo, our next stop was fly fishing at Trocoman house with SET Fly Fishing. It wasn’t the original plan…we were scheduled to stay at Rakin Lodge (although we know it as Codihue), a new SET lodge approximately two hours away by car. We were looking forward to fly…
