This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Blue Ribbon Flies Baetis Soft Hackle. A friend sent me this size 22 fly because we were discussing the wing material and how to tie them in small sizes. This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Blue Ribbon Flies Baetis Soft Hackle. A friend sent me…
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This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Shakey Beeley soft hackle. The Shakey Beeley is another wonderful fly pattern from Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone, MT. And this specific fly was purchased there a few years ago for a pattern for me to use. It’s one of THE flies used when fishing for…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Mayfly Cripple. The Mayfly Cripple is another fly pattern from Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone, MT.
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Improved Chaos Hopper TBT. It’s no coincidence I chose the Improved Chaos Hopper for this week’s post. I saw a picture earlier this week of a beautiful Brown Trout posted by Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone. The fish ate a hopper fly pattern!
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Blue Ribbon Flies Epeorus Spinner. I’m planning another trip to the Madison River, MT in the near future and wanted to make sure I had a few of these flies in the provider box. The light bulb suddenly went on that it would make a great TBT…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Blue Ribbon Flies Iris Caddis. The Blue Ribbon Flies Iris Caddis is a fly I’ve been fishing the last few years and it has worked well for me. After I wrote my post, Fly Fish the Madison River in Early July, I thought many readers may not know the history…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Blue Ribbon Flies X Caddis. The Blue Ribbon Flies X Caddis is a fly I fish often and honestly didn’t think about featuring as a TBT fly. It struck me as I wrote my last post, Fly Fish the Madison River in Early July, that many readers may not know…
I’ve been tying a lot of caddis fly patterns lately, specifically Iris Caddis. I’m working on filling the caddis provider box that will include Iris Caddis and X Caddis in amber, tan, and olive. Here is a picture of the provider box I’m working on. There are 1 1/2 dozen flies in each slot…a total…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Griffith’s Gnat Emerger fly. This is another great fly pattern from Craig Mathews at Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone, MT. He created a variant of the Griffith’s Gnat with his Zelon Midge and the result was the Griffith’s Gnat Emerger fly. If you are a frequent RiverKeeper Flies reader, you…
