• 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…

  • Green Drake Hairwing Dun

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Green Drake Hairwing Dun. The fly was created by Rene Harrop in the 1980’s. In fact, I found a Fly Fisherman magazine article Rene wrote explaining how he developed the Hairwing Dun. Looks like the fly was born in Rene’s mind as he fished the Firehole River. Evidently,…

  • Fly Fishing Leaders

    What leader length do I use? What tippet size do I fish? I’ve been asked those questions quite a bit. And I always point people to a previous RiverKeeper Flies post entitled Make Your Fly Fishing Leader Last Longer about the fly fishing leaders I use to fish dry flies. But if you are new to RiverKeeper Flies, perhaps…