In the last week, I’ve been tying flies with purpose. Remember a recent post – Back to Tying Flies? Well that’s what I’ve been doing…tying flies. It’s the time of year when the weather has changed and so has the fishing. In fact, as I write this week’s post, it’s snowing!!! And the forecast calls…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Green Ant. I was doing a little research to determine which flies to tie for a fly plate the Central Oregon Fly Tyer’s Guild is making for the 2016 NW Fly Tyer & Fly Fishing Expo. The plate’s theme is flies for the major steelhead rivers in Oregon….
The fishing season has definitely changed, but I did get out last week and this rainbow came to hand using an Improved Sparkle Dun, imitating a #16 yellow mayfly…probably a Serratella mayfly rather than the Pale Morning Dun. It has 2 tails vs. 3 tails for the PMD, but do you think fish count tails? Here…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Olive Thorax mayfly, tied here in size 18. This fly pattern is one of several I found in Randall Kaufmann’s Tying Dry Flies book that I tied and fished in the 1990’s. The Olive Thorax mayfly imitates a Baetis or Blue Wing Olive. Dry Flies helped introduce me to aquatic…
I recently had a request to provide a few Christmas ideas for fly fishers and fly tyers. What a great idea!! Be sure to pass the list on to your significant other! I’ll begin with fly fishing ideas and then list a few fly tyer ideas. Be sure to keep reading…for a chance to win…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Dennys Stillwater Nymph. As I thought about which fly to choose for a TBT Fly, this one came to mind. It seems appropriate as I’ve recently posted pictures on my RiverKeeper Flies Facebook page and the fly was front and center in this week’s Fly Fishing at Diamond Lake…
Have you ever been fly fishing at Diamond Lake? We had an opportunity to meet friends Debbi, Philip, Carol & Kim at a cabin on Diamond Lake last weekend. And we took it! It has been a couple of months since we did a little lake fishing. We first fished Diamond Lake in 2008 with our friend…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the WD-40. The WD-40 was developed by Mark Engler for the Frying Pan River in Colorado back in 1982. The WD is for Wood Duck, which is used in the tail and wingcase, although I’ve seen the fly tied with Mallard Flank as well. The fly can be used…
Last weekend, I was honored to participate as a Casting for Recovery River Helper at a retreat held at Black Butte Ranch. Sunrise at BLACK BUTTE POND This is a beautiful serene setting for the retreat. I hope you have heard about Casting for Recovery (CFR). The goal of CFR is “to enhance the quality…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Brassie. Here is an old Brassie fly I tied several year’s ago. I tried to tie a size 20 on a size 18 hook. This technique is used when wanting a larger gape for more hooking power, especially in the smaller hook sizes. The fly was attributed to Ken…
