• Return to East Lake

    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,…

  • LaFontaine Flex Damsel

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine Flex Damsel. The LaFontaine Flex Damsel represents the egg-laying phase of the adult. It’s that time of year when we begin to see a few damsel flies emerge. To learn more about these insects, be sure to read my Damsel Flies post. For complete tying instructions…

  • LaFontaine EZ2C Midge

    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…

  • LaFontaine EZ2C Mayfly

    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….

  • LaFontaine EZ2C Stonefly

    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….

  • My May Fly Box

    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…

  • Sparkle Duns Galore

    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…