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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…

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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:…

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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…

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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.

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.