• Fluttering Stone

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Fluttering Stone. The Fluttering Stone 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 Antron Bi-Visible

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine Antron Bi-Visible. The LaFontaine Antron Bi-Visible 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. As the name of the fly states, antron is used instead of white hackle.

  • IOBO Humpy TBT

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the IOBO Humpy TBT. IOBO are the initials for It Oughta Be Outlawed. Those words in themselves should be all we need to know about the effectiveness of this fly. The IOBO Humpy is credited to Jack Tucker of Pennsylvania, who created this fly pattern in the mid-1990’s….

  • Flies Flying Off the Vise

    I’ve been tying flies for customers recently. And perhaps a few for Dancing Trout and me as I try to fill the provider box. More tying than fishing lately. I thought you might be interested in a few of the flies flying off the vise. You might have seen a couple of pictures on my…

  • LaFontaine’s EZ2C Caddis

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is LaFontaine’s EZ2C Caddis. LaFontaine’s EZ2C Caddis can be found in LaFontaine’s Legacy, a book authored by Al jand Gretchen Beatty about 26 fly patterns Gary LaFontaine never finished publishing. The fly can be tied in sizes 8 – 20.

  • Delaware Adams TBT

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Delaware Adams TBT. The Delaware Adams was created by Walt Dette for Art Lee to fish on the Delaware River around Hancock, NY. The fly is a cross between two famous classic dry flies; the Henryville Special and the Adams. I found the Delaware Adams in Eric…

  • Bailey’s Dark Cahill

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Bailey’s Dark Cahill. Notice how this fly is tied with dun colored hackle and tail, a deviation of the standard brown that is usually used for both. This fly pictured above was from a collection of flies tied by Dan Bailey. I was fortunate to be able to…

  • Bailey’s Light Cahill

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Bailey’s Light Cahill. This fly pictured above was from a collection of flies tied by Dan Bailey. I was fortunate to be able to photograph a total of nine Bailey flies, a Grey Hackle, Dark Cahill, Black Gnat, Black Bivisible, Blonde Wulff, Fan Wing Royal Coachman, Mosquito, Ginger Quill and this Light Cahill.