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
Last weekend, I was honored to participate in a Casting for Recovery retreat at Black Butte Ranch as a River Helper. Black Butte Pond The goal of Casting for Recovery (CFR) is “to enhance the quality of life of women with breast cancer through a unique program that combines breast cancer education and peer support…
This week’s TBT fly is the Prince Nymph. It originally was known as the Brown Forked Tail and created by Doug Prince from Monterey, CA in 1941. It’s a great pattern today anytime you want to put a nymph on your leader. The original pattern used black ostrich herl instead of peacock. I began tying…
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…
This is a Deschutes River steelhead picture from my fishing trip last week. Here is another Recent Updates post to highlight additions you may have missed. I’ve added an About Me page. Added a few new Fly Patterns: Updated the Resources tab with the following items: If you are on Facebook, check out and LIKE my RiverKeeper Flies page. I’ve continued my “Throw…
I like to catch steelhead swinging flies or with nymphs. DESCHUTES STEELHEAD How do you catch steelhead? Do you prefer to swing beautiful flies for steelhead? Or how about tying on a big stonefly nymph and using a strike indicator? Well, that was my dilemma last week. I was fortunate to spend a week on the…
This week’s TBT is the Elk Hair Caddis. Al Troth created this fly in 1957 and fished the first time in Pennsylvania. This is a recent tie.
Have you ever cleaned your flies? You think I’m crazy, right? I clean mine. I call it steaming flies. Well, you spend good money to buy the right flies, or spend hours tying your own. Why not refresh them so they are good as new? When I tie on a new fly, I have every…
Today’s TBT fly is the Skunk, an old steelhead pattern and keeping with the theme in this week’s blog post – Steelhead Flies. I tied this Skunk fly many years ago.
It’s that time of year! Yes, it’s time to pull out the steelhead flies, check the box, and tie a few more. You can never have enough flies! Yes, that statement comes from a fly tyer. Steelhead Fly Box Steelhead are moving up the Columbia River and into the Deschutes River. That’s where I’m headed in…
