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 to learn more.
I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I have!
Happy New Year!
Enjoy…go fish, stay safe!
I thought it appropriate to offer the Lady Caroline as this week’s TBT fly. Yes, I just blogged about tying it in the last week in Tying Spey Flies – I’m Scared, but it’s perhaps the most famous spey fly. John Shewey in his Spey Flies & Dee Flies book suggests there is evidence “Geordie”…
It’s that time of year where I start to think about pulling out my Euro nymph rod and head to the river. You know how much I enjoy fishing dry flies, but hatches at this time of year can be very short, like 20 minutes, or nonexistent. If I want a chance at hooking up,…
This is a Deschutes River steelhead picture from my fishing trip last week. Here is another Recent Updates post to highlight additions you may have missed. I’ve added an About Me page. Added a few new Fly Patterns: Updated the Resources tab with the following items: If you are on Facebook, check out and LIKE my RiverKeeper Flies page. I’ve continued my “Throw…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Rosy Dawn. I am a neophyte when it comes to Atlantic Salmon flies. I’ve tied the Golden Butterfly for a fly plate and was very satisfied with my first fly. I found several Atlantic Salmon flies in an old fly box given to me and had no…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Olive Bloa. I found the fly pattern in Edmunds and Lee Brook and River Trouting (1916) on page 20. Click on the link for a FREE download. It’s one of my favorite classic books for the history of fly tying and fly fishing the old English flies….
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Muddler Minnow. Muddlers imitate various bait fish, namely sculpins. This is a fly I tied many years ago…a feeble attempt at best. The development of the Muddler Minnow was attributed to Don Gapen of Anoka, Minnesota in 1937. Don’s parents ran the Gateway Lodge Resort on the shore…
