Light Blow
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Light Blow. The Light Blow is another Ray Bergman wet fly listed in his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) on page 84, Plate No. 5.
Fishing East Lake with Central Oregon Project Healing Waters
I was fishing East Lake with Central Oregon Project Healing Waters (COPHW) last Friday. It was their annual East Lake outing. I’m not a Veteran, but have helped out with COPHW for a few years as a Board member, fly tying instructor, and mentor. I just stepped down from my Board responsibilities. We rounded the…
LaFontaine Enchanted Prince
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine Enchanted Prince. The LaFontaine Enhanced Prince is a twist of the old favorite Prince Nymph. Instead of tying the fly with a body of peacock, it’s tied with peacock herl AND some LaFontaine Double Magic dubbing for the body. For complete tying instructions how to tie…
Return to East Lake
Oh what a difference a couple of weeks make! We made our return to East Lake on Sunday with high hopes because of the terrific fishing we experienced a couple weeks ago. You can read about it in my Early Season Fly Fishing on East Lake post. While we did catch a few nice fish,…
LaFontaine Flex Damsel
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine Flex Damsel. The LaFontaine Flex Damsel represents the egg-laying phase of the adult. It’s that time of year when we begin to see a few damsel flies emerge. To learn more about these insects, be sure to read my Damsel Flies post. For complete tying instructions…
Back to Steelhead Flies
My fly tying has found me back to steelhead flies. I finished a steelhead fly order last week for 40 flies. I thought I’d share them with you. This project was a little change of pace from the many trout flies I’ve been tying. I’m trying to finish some customer orders between all my fishing…
LaFontaine Bead Head Marabou Worm
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine Bead Head Marabou Worm. Gary’s original Marabou Worm was presented in his book – Trout Flies Proven Patterns. He received feedback from a few friends who had added a bead head to the fly with increased success. And Gary always wanted to know why? He sent divers…
Early Season Fly Fishing on East Lake
We fished East Lake last week for the first time this season. I have to say, I think it’s the best early season fly fishing on East Lake we’ve ever had! While not a heavy hatch, the Callibaetis were hatching most of Tuesday & Wednesday. We probably landed between 30 – 40 EACH on Wednesday. Mostly…
Alec Jackson Spade – Purple
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Alec Jackson Spade – Purple. I posted two other TBT flies tied by Alec Jackson in recent posts – the Spade and Fancy Spade – Red. This Spade fly appears to be one of his variants in which he used all purple materials. As I wrote in…
Support Changes to Metolius River Fishing Regulations for 2019
Here is an issue near and dear to my heart. It’s a proposal to change the Metolius River to fly fishing only. After reading the following information, I hope you will support changes to Metolius River fishing regulations for 2019. This picture was taken in early 2018 by Senior Trooper Scott Sogge of the Oregon…
