• Stranahan’s Brindle Chute

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Chuck Stranahan’s Brindle Chute. We stopped at Chuck Stranahan’s Flies & Guides during our last trip to Montana. Our reason for being there was to participate in Cast One for Hope, a celebration and major fundraiser of Casting for Recovery. The Brindle Chute was one of the flies Chuck picked…

  • Ray Bergman Orange Black

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Orange Black. Since it’s Halloween, I thought it appropriate to post an orange and black fly. Bergman’s Orange Black is listed on page 122, Plate No. 6 of Ray Bergman’s book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing). As I’ve mentioned many times, I enjoy highlighting a Bergman…

  • Ray Bergman Undertaker

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ray Bergman Undertaker. I haven’t posted a Ray Bergman wet fly in awhile, so I pulled out his book entitled Trout (1940 – fourth printing) to find a fly to tie and highlight. On page 254, Plate No. 9 I found the Undertaker. As I’ve mentioned many times,…

  • Chuck Stranahan’s Golden Stone

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Chuck Stranahan’s Golden Stone. We stopped at Chuck Stranahan’s Flies & Guides to see what we could find. The Golden Stone is one of the flies he pulled out for me to post. He stated it was a variant of Randall Kaufmann’s Stimulator. Here is a quote from Chuck’s website…

  • Purple Spectral Parachute

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Purple Spectral Parachute. We stopped at Chuck Stranahan’s Flies & Guides on a recent fly fishing road trip to see what we could find. The Purple Spectral Parachute is one of his hallmark flies. Chuck talked a lot about UV and how trout see colors we don’t. He believes…

  • Light Caddis Variant

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Light Caddis Variant. This is a fly I found while I was in Hamilton, MT to participate in the Cast One for Hope fundraiser. We stopped at Chuck Stranahan’s Flies & Guides to see what we could find. While waiting to talk with him, I checked out…

  • Perk’s Perilizer

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Perk’s Perilizer. It’s a steelhead fly and used at that. OK, I admit it’s a tough fly to really see. It’s really about the story… We attended the Pendleton Round-Up a couple of weeks ago, just like we do most years. My fishing partner has been looking for…

  • Lawson’s Caddis Emerger

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Mike Lawson’s Caddis Emerger. This is another one of Mike Lawson’s flies I picked up at Henry’s Fork Anglers on a recent fly fishing road trip. I asked the guys working behind the counter if they could point out a few flies Mike developed. I purchased several of…

  • Lawson’s Spent Partridge Caddis

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Mike Lawson’s Spent Partridge Caddis. I purchased this Lawson’s Spent Partridge Caddis recently at Henry’s Fork Anglers in Last Chance, ID along the banks of the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River. It’s one of a handful of flies I plan to highlight in future Throw Back Thursday…