Holiday Greetings from RiverKeeper Flies

I’m still at the fly tying vise this week as I enjoy watching the snow falling or remaining in our backyard from previous storms rolling through. I’ve been tying Royal Wulff flies while waiting for a hook order to arrive so I can complete my last fly order. I looked out on the porch yesterday…

We’ve been home a couple weeks from our fly fishing road trip and I need to get back to the vise. After being gone a month, I’ve missed tying flies. I always take my fly tying vise and a few materials with me when I travel and tied a couple dozen Improved Sparkle Duns like…

Our last week fly fishing Yellowstone Country, we fished a couple of days on the Yellowstone River in the Park, Hebgen Lake, and the Madison River. We left southwest Wyoming looking for dry fly action on the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park. We arrived on July 19, four days after the opener on July…

I feel blessed to live in Central Oregon. Why? Because I live close to my favorite river, the Metolius. I’ve been fortunate to fish this river for almost 50 years. The last couple of weeks, I’ve had opportunities to reflect on the river while waiting for rising trout. I thought I’d share a few stories…