This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Flybody Dun – Red Quill. This fly is part of a set of five dry flies by the H.L. Leonard Rod Company that came in a clear 4 inch rectangular tube and the last of my TBT posts for these flies. I’ve highlighted other flies, including the…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Flybody Dun – March Brown. This fly is part of a set of five dry flies by the H.L. Leonard Rod Company that came in a clear 4 inch rectangular tube and is the second TBT fly highlighted. Here’s what I wrote last week about these flies……
By the time you read today’s post, I’ll be fishing at East Lake. It will be the first lake I’ve fished this year and I’m hoping for hatching Callibaetis mayflies and rising fish. In preparation of my trip, I decided to review my own information about Callibaetis mayflies to make sure I have the flies…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Flybody Dun – Quill Gordon. This fly is part of a set of five dry flies by the H.L. Leonard Rod Company that came in a clear 4 inch rectangular tube. A good friend of mine is into my Throw Back Thursday posts and evidently has an…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday post is about my Thompson Model A Vise. This was my very first vise. I purchased it from Wayne Doughton of Doughton’s Hardware in Salem, OR. I’m pretty sure it was 1970. This vise served me well for about 20 years before I replaced it with a McKenzie vise and…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Dark Snipe or Snipe and Purple. The Snipe and Purple is another old soft hackle fly pattern listed in The North Country Fly – Yorkshire’s Soft Hackle Tradition (2015) by Robert L. Smith. Many of these older soft hackle fly patterns come from the Yorkshire Dales in northern England….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Light Spanish Needle. The Light Spanish Needle is another old fly pattern listed in The North Country Fly – Yorkshire’s Soft Hackle Tradition (2015) by Robert L. Smith. Many of these older soft hackle fly patterns come from the Yorkshire Dales in northern England. Wharfedale is a small area…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Dark Spinner. The Ray Bergman Dark Spinner is a wet fly listed in his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) on page 38, Plate No. 2. I usually tie just one fly for my TBT posts. I’m not trying to make them perfect, just…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Abbey. The Ray Bergman Abbey is a wet fly listed in his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) on page 22, Plate No. 1. As I’ve mentioned many times, I enjoy highlighting a Bergman wet fly because it forces me to sit down and…
I wrote a post a few years ago entitled My April Fly Box. I tried to provide some ideas for you to consider when filling your fly box. I’m encouraged this time of year because more insects begin to show in April, whereas winter seems to concentrate on small flies, like Blue Wing Olives in…
