The Griffiths Gnat is this week’s Throw Back Thursday. The fly was named after George Griffith, one of the founders of Trout Unlimited. George was one of 16 men who gathered at his home on the Au Sable River in 1959 to create TU. It imitates midges, midge emergers, and midge clusters.
Still works
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Dan Bailey’s Black Gnat. This fly pictured above was from a colllection of flies tied by Dan Bailey. I was fortunate to be able to photograph a total of nine Bailey flies, a Light Cahill, Grey Hackle, Dark Cahill, Ginger Quill, Black Bivisible, Blonde Wulff, Fan Wing Royal…
It’s late September and October will be here before we know it. Can you believe Summer is almost over? I just finished a fly order for some October Caddis and that got me thinking about checking my fly boxes to see if I have enough flies for myself! Are you ready for October Caddis? I was…
Last week I helped my wife lead the 2017 Next Cast Flyfishers master class outing at East Lake. She has done a terrific job leading these young fly fishers. Seven fly fishers between ages 12 and 16 were invited to attend this year’s outing. This was the second year we held the camp for these…
I’ve had a love / hate relationship with my knots the last couple of weeks. I was surprised because I tie hundreds of knots every year. I lost some nice fish because my knot didn’t hold. Whose fault was that? Bad leader? Nope…it was all mine. Here are the effective fly fishing knots I use….
Here are images from Leslie Gulch and the Owyhee Basin, the first stop on our fall fly fishing road trip. The image above is the road to Leslie Gulch, named for Hiram Leslie Silver City who was killed by lightning in 1882 here. The Owyhee River flows into the Snake River and is the largest…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Atherton No. 2 dry fly. I’ve highlighted a couple other Atherton flies recently, the Atherton No. 5 and Atherton No. 3. John Atherton (1900 – 1952) was an artist by trade and incorporated his impressionistic art into the flies he tied. The tail, body, and hackle of…
