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!
We fished the Lower D recently while drifting from Warm Springs to Trout Creek and happened to run into Eric’s Deschutes River Bar and Grill. Have you seen it along the river as you’ve floated? The location is a secret, but if you can find it, I highly recommend it. Launch your drift boat at Warm Springs…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Lawson’s E-Z Caddis, developed by Mike Lawson from Last Chance, ID. I bought this fly a several years ago in Maupin, OR for a fly fishing trip with friends on the Deschutes River. I really liked the profile of the fly and the under and overwing made of…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Parachute Adams encore. I call it an encore because I featured this fly back in 2014, the year I started RiverKeeper Flies. I wrote the following back then:
I haven’t fished in several weeks because I continue to follow the coronovirus stay home recommendations and I’m doing my part for the greater good. Do I miss it? You bet! So I decided to take a look in my photo library and see if I could put together a virtual fly fishing trip. And…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Ida May, a fly developed by Charles Brooks. The Ida May is listed as a general nymph fly pattern. I probably purchased his book Nymph Fishing for Larger Trout in the 1980’s. It was early in my fly fishing and fly tying journey. I’ve always been interested…
I’ve been fishing quite a bit lately and find myself with a little extra time for self-reflection while waiting for mayflies to begin hatching. I’ve talked about my zen fly fishing in other posts and decided to share a few thoughts from the river and how I see fly fishing through the lens of a…
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