This week’s Throw Back Thursday post highlight several Frank Johnson woven-hair-hackle flies. I’ve had these flies a while. They were in a fly box Frank Johnson donated and I was fortunate to select during a Fly Tyer’s Rendezvous fly swap at the 50th Anniversary of the International Federation of Fly Fishers Fair in Bend, Oregon. (2015)…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Stalcup’s CDC Parachute Dun. Stalcup’s CDC Parachute Dun is another example of Shane’s creative mind. I don’t know if he was the first to utilize CDC as parachute hackle, but it’s very creative technique of tying a parachute fly. Many of his fly patterns are tied with biots…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Dark Hendrickson. I hope you read last week’s TBT post about Roy Steenrod’s Light Hendrickson fly pattern. I thought the Dark Hendrickson was an appropriate fly to highlight this week. You’ll note the only difference between the two flies is the color of the body. The Light…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Roy Steenrod’s Light Hendrickson. In this week’s post entitled Using Wood Duck, Mallard, and Teal Feathers for Fly Tying, I tied a Quill Gordon fly and decided to look for another classic Catskill fly pattern to highlight for this week’s TBT. I found the Light Hendrickson in Eric Leiser’s…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Blue Ribbon Flies Baetis Soft Hackle. A friend sent me this size 22 fly because we were discussing the wing material and how to tie them in small sizes. The Baetis Soft Hackle from Blue Ribbon Flies can be found in Fly Patterns of Yellowstone – Volume…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ken Morrish Hopper. I recently listened to a podcast from Wet Fly Swing where Dave Stewart interviewed Ken Morrish. In the podcast, Ken talked about developing the fly in 2010. Knowing how deadly the fly imitates a grasshopper, I was astounded that Idylwilde Flies passed on the…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly are some X Caddis flies. I decided to re-post the X Caddis to introduce my Riverkeeper Flies YouTube channel I started a short time ago. I’ve been tying and fishing X Caddis flies for many years, probably tying my first one after purchasing Fly Patterns of Yellowstone – volume two (2008)…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Denny Rickard’s Callibaetis Nymph. I started my fly fishing journey fishing rivers. As I ventured to new water, I was intimidated by lakes. I didn’t understand the structure and where the fish lived in them. But I was aware big fish lived in lakes! My wife and I…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Mike Mercers Poxyback Green Drake Nymph. I’m tying this fly to complete a fly order and thought Mercer’s Poxyback Green Drake nymph was a great candidate for a TBT post. I found this fly pattern several years ago in Mike Mercer’s Creative Fly Tying (2005) book. Mercer writes…
I can’t believe this is the last Throw Back Thursday Fly post for 2020. It’s the last Thursday of the year and I thought it was appropriate to share a few of my favorite Throw Back Thursday Flies for 2020. In case you missed the flies and their stories, just click on the fly’s name…
