McNeese’s Golden Heron
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is McNeese’s Golden Heron. This Golden Heron spey fly was tied by Dave McNeese, an icon in the steelhead fly tying world. It was part of a fly collection from my friend Jim Fisher.
Back to Steelhead Flies
My fly tying has found me back to steelhead flies. I finished a steelhead fly order last week for 40 flies. I thought I’d share them with you. This project was a little change of pace from the many trout flies I’ve been tying. I’m trying to finish some customer orders between all my fishing…
Spey Fly Project
I received an interesting comment on my RiverKeeper Flies website recently asking if I could help create a special gift. We traded emails a couple of times and the spey fly project began. It started with a picture of Taylor’s Golden Spey fly, a spey fly inspired by Syd Glasso’s Orange Heron. Instead of hackle…
Old Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Books
Have you ever wondered about the history of fly fishing? It’s an interesting topic to me, which explains why I’ve been reading old fly fishing and fly tying books lately. Why? First, they are a source for my Throw Back Thursday Flies. Secondly, I wonder how previous generations fished and what some of their streamside conversations…
Still Working on Spey Flies
I haven’t tied any trout flies in the last week because I’m still working on spey flies. Specifically, the Green Butt Skunk Spey. The two flies on the book Steelhead Flies by John Shewey are the first (left side) and third (right side) I’ve tied. You’ll find this fly on page 193 of John’s book….
Spey Fly Lessons Learned
I’m a novice at tying spey flies, but I’m intrigued by the final product and it’s an opportunity to learn new fly tying techniques. I’ve written a couple of posts about my experience (Another Spey Fly – Done and Tying Spey Flies – I’m Scared!) and I’ve learned a few “rules” that hopefully help in the…