• Sockeye John Aztec Fly

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Sockeye John Aztec Fly. The Aztec fly was created by Dick Nelson in 1976. It was an innovative fly for it’s time and published in both Outdoor Life and Fly Fisherman. His son Bill Nelson tied this fly for me at the 2010 FFF Fly Fishing Fair…

  • Tommy’s Twisted Sister

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Tommy’s Twisted Sister. This fly came to me from Jimbo Busse. You might recognize his name because he is responsible for providing several images of Shane Stalcup’s flies recently. I received a Comment of appreciation from Jimbo for highlighting Shane’s flies. I always enjoy receiving Comments about my…

  • St Joe Special TBT

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday fly is the St Joe Special TBT. I first found this fly at the Idaho Fly Fishing Company in Avery, ID during our fly fishing trip to the St. Joe River in Idaho. I always enjoy going into local fly shops to see the flies which work for their waters….

  • Stalcup’s Cripple Emerger TBT

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Stalcup’s Cripple Emerger TBT. You may have seen a couple Shane Stalcup flies in previous TBT posts. I received a Comment of appreciation for highlighting Shane’s flies from a friend of his, Jimbo Busse. I always enjoy receiving Comments about my TBT posts because I’ve stirred a thought or two…

  • Stalcup’s CDC Biot Comparadun TBT

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Stalcup’s CDC Biot Comparadun TBT. You may have seen a couple Shane Stalcup flies in previous TBT posts. I received a Comment of appreciation for highlighting Shane’s flies from a friend of his, Jimbo Busse. I always enjoy receiving Comments about my TBT posts because I’ve stirred a thought…

  • Stalcup’s Emerging Dun TBT

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Stalcup’s Emerging Dun TBT. You may have seen a couple Shane Stalcup flies in previous TBT posts. I received a Comment of appreciation for highlighting Shane’s flies from a friend of his, Jimbo Busse. I always enjoy receiving Comments about my TBT posts because I’ve stirred a thought…

  • Quigley Cripple PMD

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Quigley Cripple PMD version. The Quigley Cripple was developed by Bob Quigley in the late 1970’s for Northern California’s Fall River. As the story goes, Bob was fishing a Humpy and catching fish with it. The wing got chewed up and he caught many more fish with…

  • Stalcup’s Adult Green Drake

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Shane Stalcup’s Adult Green Drake. I’m getting to ready to tie some Green Drake flies for an order and remembered I had seen Stalcup’s Adult Green Drake recently. The fly can be found in Shane’s book titled Mayflies “Top to Bottom”. Here are a couple comments about the fly design: Other…

  • LaFontaine’s Flex Dragon

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Gary LaFontaine’s Flex Dragon. LaFontaine’s Flex Dragon is another of the flex-style flies highlighted in LaFontaine’s Legacy (2008), by Al and Gretchen Beatty. Al relays the story in this book about how Gary talks about a variety of subjects while they are trying to get information to create fly tying…

  • LaFontaine’s House Fly

    This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Gary LaFontaine’s House Fly. LaFontaine’s House Fly is one of the flies highlighted in LaFontaine’s Legacy, by Al and Gretchen Beatty. I know what you’re thinking…a House Fly imitation? Yes, that’s right. Here is another fly pattern from the mind of Gary LaFontaine. If you need a challenge someday,…