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. Gary credits Nevin Stephenson, who was his guiding partner, for creating the Fluttering Stone. Al tells the story of the collaboration…
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. The fly is a take-off…
I wrote a post a couple of years ago about my favorite Salmonfly patterns to fish. Since Salmonfly season is just around the corner, I thought it was a perfect time to update the post. I’ve added Golden Stoneflies to the mix because this slightly smaller stonefly hatches just after (or even during) the Salmonfly…
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….
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…
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. This is the third fly from LaFontaine’s Legacy. Other flies I’ve published…
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…
I’ve been busy lately with volunteer activities and fly tying. It’s winter and a good time for me to give back and help fly fishers who want to tie flies become better fly tyers. I’m sure you’ve read about Central Oregon Flyfisher’s Winter Fly Tying classes. This isn’t a beginning class, but as long as…
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…
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. I’ve featured…
