This is a story about the woes of a fly tyer I thought you might enjoy. I’ve been tying flies for our upcoming trip to Argentina and Chile and the next fly on my list was Swisher’s PMX Royal. For those of you who don’t tie flies, you might enjoy this as well because it…
I’ve been at the vise, filling customer fly orders and our Patagonia fly boxes. I thought I’d share the diversity of flies I’ve tied in the last couple of weeks. Believe it or not, these are called Despair Nymphs and were created in the 1930’s. I tied a dozen for one of my customers, four…
I was on the river a few weeks ago, sitting on a log waiting for fish to rise and begin feeding on mayflies floating downstream. I pulled out my PMD fly box to select either an Improved Sparkle Dun, RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple, or a Parachute variant I tied recently. It got me to asking…
I thought it was time for another images from the water post. These are from the last month or so. I’ll begin with this mayfly. I liked the reflection of the wings on the water. Notice how orange the eyes are? A healthy Metolius River redside. A damselfly floating in an eddy. A katydid on…
I’ve been tying a lot of parachute flies lately, filling our Patagonia fly box with Parachute Adams and Purple Haze. I sat down and tied 5 dozen size 14 flies and 4 dozen size 16 flies. I thought I’d share how to tie consistent parachute flies and ended up creating a YouTube video. One of…
The 2024 Casting for Recovery online auction will be held November 7 thru 17. Proceeds from the auction benefit Casting for Recovery (CfR). There are several items directly benefiting the Southern Oregon CfR retreat my wife runs which I’ve shared below. Custom tied flies by RiverKeeper Flies and Montana Fly Company Poly Fly Box –…
And just like that, the seasons change on the Metolius River. We had our first snow on Halloween. It’s like someone throw’s a switch on November 1 and the weather and hatches change. To be fair, the weather has changed, but there continue to be insects hatching with fish looking to eat them. It’s only…
I have a friend who reached out a few weeks ago with an interesting question. He was planning to have his knee replaced and was hoping to use some of the recovery time to organize his flies. The problem…how to identify the flies. I don’t know if you are familiar with Google Lens, but in…
In this week’s post, I’ll share flies for Patagonia, CFR, and a little history about fly tying. I just completed a customer fly order and needed another fly tying project, so I’ve started tying our Patagonia flies, which you’ll see below. In addition, I donated some flies for an upcoming Casting for Recovery auction you…
It’s the middle of October and I’m realizing the end of the season for dry fly fishing is quickly approaching. If you are a regular here at RiverKeeper Flies, you know how much we love our dry fly fishing. Searching for insects on the water and following hatches bring us a lot of joy. But…
