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  • Popcorn and Beer on the River | www.johnkreft.com

    On the River and at the Fly Tying Bench

    September 2, 2025October 25, 2025

    What should we do on a warm summer evening? How about head to the river with popcorn and a beer to see if any fish are rising? We’d taken a few days off because of the forest fire around Sisters. Lots of homes were evacuated and the fire was stopped about 2 miles from town….

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  • Fly Fishing at $3 Bridge | www.johnkreft.com

    Images from the Water – Madison River

    August 19, 2025August 19, 2025

    Here are a few more images from the water – Madison River edition from our recent trip.

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  • Van and Tow Truck | www.johnkreft.com

    Finished our Road Trip and Tying Flies

    August 14, 2025August 14, 2025

    We’ve been home a couple of weeks from our recent fly fishing road trip. As you can tell from the image below, it didn’t end as we hoped. Turns out a fuel injector in our van needed to be replaced in Kemmerer, WY. It’s a longer story that I won’t bore you with, but we…

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  • Favorite Terrestrials | www.johnkreft.com

    It’s August and Time for Terrestrial Flies

    August 5, 2025August 5, 2025

    We’re home from our fly fishing road trip. Insect hatches on several rivers we fished on our trip were diminishing and if you are a dry fly fisher like me, matching the hatch ends and attractor fly patterns are what I use, especially hoppers, beetles, and ants. It’s August and time for terrestrial flies. What…

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  • Fly Fishing on the Yellowstone in the Park | www.johnkreft.com

    Fly Fishing the Yellowstone River

    July 30, 2025July 30, 2025

    Fly fishing the Yellowstone River was the next stop on this year’s fly fishing road trip

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  • Madison River at Low Flow | www.johnkreft.com

    Fly Fishing the Madison River

    July 18, 2025July 18, 2025

    Fly fishing the Madison River was the next stop on this year’s fly fishing road trip. I share our experience with the fish, bugs, and effective flies.

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  • Landing Cutthroat on Clark Fork | www.johnkreft.com

    Fly Fishing the Clark Fork and Beaverhead Rivers

    July 9, 2025July 18, 2025

    I hope you were able to read last week’s post about fly fishing the Upper Columbia River and catching trout with Green Drake dry flies. We are headed to Montana on this year’s fly fishing road trip and made brief stops along the way to enjoy fly fishing the Clark Fork and Beaverhead rivers. The…

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  • Black Bear Lodge - Upper Columbia River | www.johnkreft.com

    Fly Fishing the Upper Columbia River at Black Bear Lodge

    July 2, 2025July 2, 2025

    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!

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  • Flick's March Brown | www.johnkreft.com

    Tying Catskill Dry Flies

    June 26, 2025July 18, 2025

    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.

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  • Green Drake Spinner - Metolius River | www.johnkreft.com

    Green Drake Spinners and Flies to Imitate Them

    June 10, 2025June 10, 2025

    In this week’s post I share images of Green Drake spinners and flies to imitate them.

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