• Rosborough’s Silver Admiral

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Polly Rosborough’s Silver Admiral. I’ve featured several flies from Polly, including the Casual Dress and Fledermouse. To find all his flies, simply use the search bar above and type in “Rosborough”. The original materials called for pink yarn. I don’t seem to have any in my fly tying…

  • Kinney’s Reverse Spider

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Mike Kinney’s Reverse Spider. I was asked recently if I would tie the Reverse Spider for a client and thought it would make a great TBT fly. So today I sat down and tied one. I believe the fly pattern he provided was from Les Johnson’s Sea Run:…

  • Doughton’s Pete’s Special

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Doughton’s Pete’s Special. I recently completed a custom fly order for several sea run cutthroat flies and the Doughton’s Pete’s Special was one of them. You can read that story HERE. I thought it would make a great TBT post. I am no expert about Doughton’s Hardware, but read it…

  • Doughton’s Female Coachman

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Doughton’s Female Coachman. I recently completed a custom fly order for several sea run cutthroat flies and the Doughton’s Female Coachman was one of them. You can read that story HERE. I thought it would make a great TBT post. I am no expert about Doughton’s Hardware, but read it…

  • Doughton’s Siletz Special

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Doughton’s Siletz Special. I recently completed a custom fly order for several sea run cutthroat flies and the Doughton’s Siletz Special was one of them. You can read that story HERE. I thought it would make a great TBT post. I am no expert about Doughton’s Hardware, but…

  • Tying Sea Run Cutthroat Flies

    A few weeks ago, I was asked by a customer to tie an order of sea run cutthroat flies. What quickly caught my attention was his reference to Wayne Doughton. If you’ve read my About Me page, you know Wayne was the first person to teach me to tie a fly. He owned Doughton’s Hardware…

  • Borden Special

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Borden Special. This sea-run cutthroat fly was created by Bob Borden in the 1960’s for the Alsea River, OR. Bob started Hareline Dubbing in Monroe, Oregon. Hareline is a wholesale provider of fly tying materials. You’ve probably used some of their fly tying materials. I tied and…