While sitting at the vise today, I decided to celebrate the 4th of July. Here’s what popped out the jaws.
Similar Posts
Kelly Galloup’s Sunken Spinner
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Kelly Galloup’s Sunken Spinner. This fly pattern was originally found in his book entitled Cripples and Spinners (2001), which you can purchase from his fly shop or by clicking the link to purchase from Amazon.
Bull Trout and Broken Rod
I’ve been known to say if you break a rod, you’ll have a hell of a story. Here is my story of a Bull Trout and broken rod that happened recently. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me start at the beginning.
2019 NW Fly Tyer & Fly Fishing Expo Coming Soon
Can you believe the 2019 NW Fly Tyer & Fly Fishing Expo is coming soon? It’s only six weeks away and you may have seen some advertisements for this year’s event. The NW Expo website is now open and you can visit the Store to sign up for classes, purchase Friday night Reception Dinner tickets,…
October Caddis Time
October Caddis time begins in September and October. In fact, I’ve seen several flitting around lately and thought it might be a good time to provide an update to the blog post I wrote in previous years. You’ll see these size 10 – 8 bugs around the vegetation and over water. They are a large,…
PMD Spinner Fly Patterns
I hope you read a recent post where I talked about going Back to the River and all the mayflies we’ve seen on the water. PMD fishing has been good for us on some days and that made me think, I need to restock my fly box with PMD spinner fly patterns. The spinner phase…
Pray Optic Fly
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is a Pray Optic Fly. This is another fly in a friend’s collection with a note on the fly stating it was tied by C. Jim Pray (1885 – 1952) of Eureka, CA in 1947. The Optic series of flies were some of the popular steelhead flies he tied….
John,
I find the representation of the colors of our flag to be inspiring and beautiful in your hands. I suspect that patriotic fish everywhere would be similarly attracted to this fly. It is a shame that it is too beautiful to fish with, in my humble opinion. I hope you had a great Fourth of July. I enjoy the weekly RiverKeeper Flies and your other posts.
Thanks.
Jerry
Thanks for your nice comment! Pleased you like the July 4th fly as well as RiverKeeper Flies!
John