I’ve been fishing and tying flies in the last couple weeks. You’re probably not surprised I’m fishing, because October is the last month of great fly fishing and I usually spend a lot of time on the river. But I’ve received several new fly tying orders I’m trying to complete, plus I’ve lost a few…
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. I found this fly pattern in Fly Patterns of Yellowstone – Volume 2 (2008) by Craig Mathews and John Juracek several years ago. Rowen Nyman created the Mayfly Cripple in the spring…
On the next stop of our 2018 fly fishing road trip, we planned to fish a week on the Madison River, MT, but decided to try our luck for a day fly fishing Ennis Lake. I’ve always heard about the trout in Ennis Lake, but it’s like anything new…sometimes it’s easier not to try. Perhaps…
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…
I’ve talked recently about how impressive the Callibaetis hatch and fishing has been at East Lake this year. I decided to re-post information about the Callibaetis mayfly life cycle and fly imitations I use to help you lake fly fishers. Callibaetis mayflies are known as the speckled duns because of their mottled wings. Two wonderful sources for more…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
I’ve been tying flies lately…lots of flies. Sparkle Duns galore. They’ve been flying off the vise. Between a large order that includes 9 dozen Sparkle Duns I’m tying for a good customer and another dozen for my provider box, I’ve tied 10 dozen Sparkle Duns in the last 2 weeks, from size 8 down to size…
