Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from RiverKeeper Flies!

Enjoy…go fish!
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from RiverKeeper Flies!

Enjoy…go fish!

This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Denny’s A.P. Emerger TBT. I first learned about the fly from Denny’s book entitled Fly-Fishing Stillwaters for Trophy Trout (1997). My wife and I took his stillwater clinic at Alder Creek Ranch in Sisters many years ago. We didn’t know much about fishing lakes and we really enjoyed the clinic…

The last stop on this year’s fly fishing road trip was our return to NF Clearwater and Kelly Creek. It was also the first stop as we started our trip east to Montana in late June. Hard to believe six weeks had passed when we arrived on August 10. We arrived in the afternoon and…

This week’s post is about fly fishing the Big Hole River in Montana. It was the next stop on our fly fishing road trip.

Over the years, I’ve watched my wife Karen find her place in fly fishing — not just as an angler, but as a mentor and leader. One of the most meaningful ways she’s given back is through her work with Casting for Recovery (CfR), where she helps women find healing, confidence, and joy through fly…

Fly casting to windows? You probably think I’ve lost my mind. What am I talking about? Have you ever really looked and studied the water when you are waiting for fish to rise? Notice how the currents change? Perhaps you’ll see some riffle or nervous water, then all of a sudden the section you are looking at…

This week, I share more of our adventure fishing Ñireco Creek and Rio Buraleo with SET Fly Fishing in Argentina. This day, we fished the Ñireco, a 21 mile small creek which flows through the Estancia, eventually flowing into the Rio Reñileuvu. We didn’t have the opportunity to fish here last year because there wasn’t…
john it was truly a pleasure seeing you on the Met three or four weeks ago with your wife, hope you and her have a great upcoming holiday and a very prosperous 2019. Look forward to seeing you next year. Dave
Hi John,
Gretchen & I hope you and Karen enjoyed a Merry Christmas and that 2019 is a great and prosperous year. We’ll see you in a few days. Take care & …
Tight Lines – (Gretchen &) Al Beatty
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and Karen. Have a great 2019