I’ve been tying a lot of caddis fly patterns lately, specifically Iris Caddis. I’m working on filling the caddis provider box that will include Iris Caddis and X Caddis in amber, tan, and olive. Here is a picture of the provider box I’m working on. There are 1 1/2 dozen flies in each slot…a total…
What a difference a year makes. Who would have thought we’d have spring fly fishing in February? I thought I had a lot more time to tie flies for my fly box and provider boxes. Last year by now, much of the snow that had fallen in December and January was melting. But this year…
The 2018 NW Fly Tying & Fly Fishing Expo is one month away. You might recall I was the Expo Chair in 2015 & 2016, as well as the Treasurer for 4 1/2 years. I decided to step away from the Expo Committee last year and now answer a question or two in my adviser role….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a George Grant style fly. Obviously, this fly was tied by James V. Flaherty. I’ve watched him tie this style of flies at several Fly Fishing Fairs and Expos. I think he gave me this fly at the 50th anniversary of the Federation of Fly Fishers (now called…
I’ve been busy tying flies lately. But I was able to get to the river a couple of times recently and reconciled to myself if I really wanted to catch fish, fishing with nymphs was the best solution. What a difference a year makes. Last year by this time, we had five feet of snow…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Bailey’s Ginger Quill. 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 Light Cahill, Grey Hackle, Dark Cahill, Black Gnat, Black Bivisible, Blonde Wulff, Fan Wing Royal Coachman, Mosquito, and this Ginger…
I just returned from the 2018 Western Idaho Fly Fishing Expo in Boise, ID. This was my 5th year tying at the Boise Expo. I decided to tie my RiverKeeper Stonefly Nymph and the Callibaetis Hatchmaster on Friday. On Saturday, I only tyed the second session and demonstrated my RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple. One of my…
January is the beginning of serious fly tying. Tonight is session one of the Central Oregon Flyfishing Winter Fly Tying class. It’s the first of 12 straight weeks of classes for our COF members. I can’t believe this is my 7th year leading these classes. But that’s not the only fly tying activity on my schedule. I’ll…
January is the beginning of serious fly tying. Tonight is session one of the Central Oregon Flyfishing Winter Fly Tying class. It’s the first of 12 straight weeks of classes for our COF members. I can’t believe this is my 7th year leading these classes. But that’s not the only fly tying activity on my schedule. I’ll…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Blonde Wulff, tied by Dan Bailey. Lee Wulff (1905 – 1991) created the Royal Wulff in 1930 along with the Gray Wulff and White Wulff. The Gray Wulff was the first of the series. He fished all three fly patterns on the Esopus River in the Catskill mountains of New…
