• Blue Wing Olive Mayfly

    As I sit down at my fly tying vise today, I decided to tie a few flies imitating a Blue Wing Olive mayfly. It’s timely because these bugs are still popping out of their nymphal shucks and I hope to go fishing this week and find a few fish sipping them. But the main reason…

  • Parachute Adams

    This week’s TBT fly is the Parachute Adams. I’m sure you’ve used this highly effective fly. It originally was known as a Gyro fly and sold by William Mills & Son of New York. I’ve read where it was patented by William Avery Bush of Detroit MI in 1934. One entry stated Bush patented a…

  • Light Cahill

    I’m starting to read Tying Catskill Style Dry Flies by Mike Valla and thought of a Catskill fly I tied years ago. This Light Cahill is from a class taught by Dave McNeese. Perfect for a Throw Back Thursday Fly.

  • Griffiths Gnat

    The Griffiths Gnat is this week’s Throw Back Thursday. The fly was named after George Griffith, one of the founders of Trout Unlimited. George was one of 16 men who gathered at his home on the Au Sable River in 1959 to create TU. It imitates midges, midge emergers, and midge clusters.  Still works

  • A Fall Fly Box

    What flies do you carry in your fall fly box? Fall is a wonderful time of year and in my opinion, one of the best times to catch some great fish. Here’s one of them. There are still bugs that need to hatch and only so many warm days left for them to complete their…

  • October Caddis

    Summer’s over. It’s Fall and the weather is just beginning to turn. My wife doesn’t like hearing that. But what does that mean to a fly fisher? Well, October is just around the corner and I saw a few October Caddis on the river last week. I thought about how important they are to the…

  • Adams

    TBT again! Here is one of my classic Adams flies I tied many years ago. My tribute to Len Halladay who originated the fly in the summer of 1922. In some of my research, I came across this Youtube video of the story of Len Halladay. Hope you enjoy it!