Today’s Throw Back Thursday fly is the Renegade, an attractor fly developed in 1928 by Taylor “Beartracks” Williams. It’s said the original fly had all white hackle and was changed to brown/white when “Beartracks” moved to Sun Valley.
Another story states George Herter claimed it was an English fly pattern named the Marryat, tied by Mrs Edith Cox in the late 1800s and named for George Marryat.
Whatever the truth is, it’s still an effective fly, although forgotten by many.
It’s been 7 years since I started RiverKeeper Flies and a lot has changed technology-wise in that time. I decided it was time for a new look for RiverKeeper Flies. In addition, this update with my new Kadence WordPress theme is designed to smoothly adjust its layout based on your screen size and resolution. This improvement…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Woolly Bugger. Like many flies, fly tyers are always tweaking tried and true flies to make them fish better. The Woolly Bugger is very similar to the Woolly Worm, but with a different tail of marabou. The picture above includes a bead head as well. The fly…
I hope you were able to read last week’s post about my fly tying activity. It’s fly tying season for me as I just completed the first of several orders. In addition to last week’s Zoom class I taught for my Central Oregon Fly Tyer’s Guild, I’ll be teaching again this week on another Zoom…
It’s hard to believe Christmas is only a little over 2 weeks away! Since I received good feedback on the original post – Christmas Ideas for Fly Fishers and Fly Tyers, I thought I’d provide some last minute Christmas gifts for the panicked shopper! Remember, I’ll be drawing one name from my Subscriber list next week for their…
Last week, I was fly fishing the Lower Deschutes River with my friend Eric. This has been mostly an annual event for the several years and it’s something I look forward to. The image above is Eric’s reaction when the fish decided he’d had enough pictures! We launch at the Warm Springs boat ramp and…
The next stop on our 2018 road trip was fly fishing the South Fork of the Snake and Teton rivers. Our friend Mike Avery of Snake River Net Company invited us to stay with him a couple of days and enjoy the fly fishing around Idaho Falls. It was a great opportunity and didn’t take…
