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…
I’ve been in Maui the last couple of weeks and will return home later this week and get back to filling several fly orders. But I brought some fly tying materials and made time to tie a few BWO Improved Sparkle Duns for the provider box. That’s what my wife calls the storage boxes I…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
I finally had the opportunity to get to the river and see if I could remember how to fish. It’s been a while. I blame it on all the snow we had and a couple of “bugs” I came down with. We stopped at the river on the way home from the 2019 NW Fly…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Tommy’s Twisted Sister. This fly came to me from Jimbo Busse. You might recognize his name because he is responsible for providing several images of Shane Stalcup’s flies recently. I received a Comment of appreciation from Jimbo for highlighting Shane’s flies. I always enjoy receiving Comments about my…
The 2019 NW Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo in Albany, OR begins in a couple of days. It’s one of the largest events of its kind in the country. Besides being a Demonstration Tyer on Friday and Saturday, I’ll be teaching Fine Tuning Your Tying Techniques class on Friday afternoon. I tied two flies…
