I’ve written about my favorite fly fishing knots in previous posts, but I’m preparing to teach a class entitled Making Effective Leaders for Rivers and Lakes at the International Federation of Fly Fishers Fair in Livingston, Montana on August 4. The Fair runs August 2 to 6. I thought I should use the knots I’ll…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Sidewinder No-Hackle, by Doug Swisher and Carl Richards. This size 18 fly was given to me recently by a friend who tied it a few years ago. I think he did a terrific job! Notice the small drop of Dave’s Fleximent at the tip of the wing,…
I wrote a post about Chubby Chernobyl fly patterns flies a couple of years ago. Did you read it? This is the time of year when you should have them in you fly box and another opportunity for me to tout how effective Chubby Chernobyl flies can be. For some reason, the Chubby Chernobyl is…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is The Loyal Sock, another fly from Ray Bergman’s book Trout. For more information about Ray Bergman’s Trout, check out a previous Throw Back Thursday Fly, the Bostwick. You’ll find the Loyal Sock in Plate 5, page 84. The Loyal Sock Body: Pale Yellow Floss Hackle: Black Wing: Black This fly…
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been like a deer in the headlights because I don’t know where to fish. There are too many choices! Seems like many rivers and lakes are getting good all at once and I don’t know which way to turn. Shall I fish the Deschutes? Did you see my post last…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the LaFontaine Diving Blue-Winged Olive Egg Layer. A friend of mine recently gave me this fly purportedly tied by Gary LaFontaine himself and I thought it would be a great candidate for a TBT fly. To be honest, I didn’t really know much about the diving activity of…
The word on the street this week is Salmonflies are beginning to hatch. While it may be early for your river, these big bugs will be available for several weeks. So I thought I’d provide a few pictures of the real bug and offer some of my favorite Salmonfly patterns I plan to carry in my fly…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Jungle Dragon steelhead fly. For my birthday, I received a copy of John Shewey’s book entitled Classic Steelhead Flies and paging through the book, the Jungle Dragon spoke to me. I’ve never heard of this steelhead fly. It was created by William Hosie in the 1950s, a Washington Fly…
I’ve had time for a little zen fly fishing lately. The weather has been beautiful, but the bugs aren’t showing up…hence the fish aren’t rising. Well, that gives me time to think about the types of dry flies I use and effective dry fly patterns for fast water. A week or so ago, I wrote…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Chantry, another wet fly from the Ray Bergman collection in Trout. I found the Chantry on Plate 2, page 39. For more information about Ray Bergman’s Trout, check out a previous Throw Back Thursday Fly, the Bostwick. The Chantry Body: Peacock Herl Tip: Gold Tinsel Hackle: Black Wing: Darik…
