• Quigley Film Critic

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Quigley Film Critic. The Quigley Film Critic imitates a mayfly emerger, specifically half nymph, half dry fly struggling to get out of the nymphal shuck. The curved hook allows the nymph half to partially sink. Here’s the description of the fly from Quigley: This emerger’s entire body…

  • Spring Runoff

    What’s a person to do when a storm goes through and dumps a ton of rain and melts the remaining snow? Well, spring runoff means it’s time to tie more flies! Here is an image of the Metolius River at the Wizard Falls Bridge. This is the upstream side. And no, it’s not a common…

  • Ray Bergman Pathfinder

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Pathfinder. The Ray Bergman Pathfinder is a Ray Bergman wet fly listed in his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) on page 169, Plate No. 7. As I’ve mentioned many times, I enjoy highlighting a Bergman wet fly because it forces me to sit…

  • Ray Bergman Olive Dun

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Olive Dun. The Olive Dun is a Ray Bergman dry fly listed in his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) on page 123, Plate No. 6. As I’ve mentioned many times, I enjoy highlighting a Bergman wet fly because it forces me to sit…

  • Updated Nymph Fly Box

    I’ve written blogs recently about trying the Euro nymph style of fly fishing rather than my normal nymph set up. I thought I’d provide my thoughts as I create an updated nymph fly box. Several considerations go into my selection of nymphs I plan to carry – size, weight, profile, and color. Size and weight…

  • Ray Bergman Peacock

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Peacock. The Peacock is a Ray Bergman wet fly listed in his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) on page 169, Plate No. 7. I enjoy highlighting a Bergman wet fly because it forces me to sit down and tie it. It looks simple,…

  • Experimenting with Different Nymph Rigging Techniques

    Did you happen to read last week’s post entitled Winter Fishing with Euro Nymphs? I wrote about fishing with a couple Euro nymphs, the Pheasant Tail Perdigon (body of Veevus Body Quill) on the bottom, or point, and a Rainbow Warrior Perdigon. I fished several times last week, experimenting with different nymph rigging techniques. I’ve written over…

  • Sockeye John Aztec Fly

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Sockeye John Aztec Fly. The Aztec fly was created by Dick Nelson in 1976. It was an innovative fly for it’s time and published in both Outdoor Life and Fly Fisherman. His son Bill Nelson tied this fly for me at the 2010 FFF Fly Fishing Fair…