• The Babcock

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Babcock, another fly from Ray Bergman’s book entitled Trout. I tied this fly a couple of week’s ago at the Central Oregon Fly Tyer’s Guild. My friend Jim Fisher, the 2011 Stan Walters Memorial Tyer of the Year, taught a class on mounting duck quill wings in the wet…

  • Select the Right Dry Fly

    How do you select the right dry fly to tie on the end of your leader? Here are a few tips to make the selection process a little easier the next time you’re at the river. Let’s make it simple. You arrive at the river and it’s your lucky day, bugs are hatching. You were…

  • The Bouncer

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Bouncer, another fly from Ray Bergman’s book Trout.  I tied this fly last weekend at the Central Oregon Fly Tyer’s Guild. My friend Jim Fisher, the 2011 Stan Walters Memorial Tyer of the Year, taught a class on mounting duck quill wings in the wet fly style. This…

  • Recent Changes

    Every once in awhile, I create a Recent Changes post to catch you up on what’s been happening behind the scenes at RiverKeeper Flies. And this is the week for it. Did you notice the Youtube video my wife took recently at the Central Oregon Sportsman Show in Redmond, Oregon? She was there with a few…

  • Black Gordon

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Black Gordon. I found this fly in one of my steelhead fly boxes and thought it would be a good candidate for a TBT Fly. The Black Gordon is a well-known steelhead fly pattern developed on the North Umpqua River in the 1930’s by Clarence Gordon, a…

  • Goodbye 2016 NW Expo

    I think we had a great show last weekend and thought it appropriate to say “Goodbye 2016 NW Expo” in this week’s post. This was my second year as Expo Chair and I’ll be handing over the leadership responsibilities to someone else for the 2017 Expo. As I walked the venue on both days, I…

  • Lady Heather Double Wing

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Lady Heather Double Wing. My friend Al Beatty offered the fly and story from the book he and Gretchen wrote entitled LaFontaine’s Legacy. I’ve known of Al and Gretchen for several years because I always stop by the BT’s Fly Fishing booth or fly tying tables at various events…

  • Spring Chinook Salmon Fry

    Today was a good day. We planted 140,000 Spring Chinook salmon fry in the mainstem of the Metolius River. Ok, truth be known, we probably had a little help…actually, we were only 2 of around 20 volunteers and staff from Oregon’s Fish & Wildlife, Forest Service, and the Warm Springs Tribe who met at Camp…

  • Ida May

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ida May, a fly developed by Charles Brooks. The Ida May is listed as a general nymph fly pattern. I probably purchased his book Nymph Fishing for Larger Trout in the 1980’s. It was early in my fly fishing and fly tying journey. I’ve always been interested…