This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Alec Jackson Fancy Spade – Red. I posted another TBT fly recently that Alec Jackson had tied, called the Spade. After a little more research, I believe it is a Fancy Spade tied with natural peacock and black ostrich. This fly appears to use dyed ostrich for…
I had a question recently from a newer fly fisher asking for fly recommendations to fish a specific lake. I hadn’t fished that lake, but it made me think. What are the basic lake flies I always carry? I started my fly fishing journey by fishing rivers. Much later I decided to fish lakes and…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine EZ2C Midge. The LaFontaine EZ2C Midge is a fly found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al and Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. This is the fourth in a series of EZ2C flies I’ve presented that were developed by Gary LaFontaine. In their…
If you fish a variety of waters, how do you select the right rods, lines, and leaders to use? Well, that’s exactly the problem I’m dealing with tonight as I prepare to float the Lower Deschutes River tomorrow. The answer is pretty easy for me. I’ll take my Winston BIIX 5 weight fly rod. It’s…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine EZ2C Mayfly. The LaFontaine EZ2C Mayfly is a fly found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al and Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. LaFontaine’s Legacy includes fly pattern descriptions for Blue-Winged Olives, Callibaetis, Gray Drake, Light Cahill, and Pale Morning Dun flies….
You may have noticed I’ve been tying lots of flies lately. Keeping up with my custom fly orders has been a challenge because fishing has picked up. Tying flies and fishing…what a tough problem to have, right? Did you notice that little fly in the corner of the rainbow’s mouth? It’s an IOBO Humpy. The…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Spade fly. During the late 1960’s, Bob Arnold of Seattle, WA developed the Spade fly. It was designed for low water steelhead fishing with the buoyant materials used to tie the fly. The fly incorporates peacock in the body for attraction and a soft hackle for movement….
I received an interesting comment on my RiverKeeper Flies website recently asking if I could help create a special gift. We traded emails a couple of times and the spey fly project began. It started with a picture of Taylor’s Golden Spey fly, a spey fly inspired by Syd Glasso’s Orange Heron. Instead of hackle…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine EZ2C Stonefly. The LaFontaine EZ2C Stonefly is a fly found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al and Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. This is an interesting fly pattern in that colored foam is used as an overbody over the dubbed body….
I wrote a post last year about this time to share the basic flies I needed to carry in my May fly box. This week, I decided to update the information and flies. But first, I have to say I find it hard to believe it’s the first of May! Perhaps it’s a sign of…
