This week’s TBT…a fly I tied a LONG time ago. I can tell because of the proportions. It’s a Royal Coachman Trude. Hope you enjoy it.

This week’s TBT…a fly I tied a LONG time ago. I can tell because of the proportions. It’s a Royal Coachman Trude. Hope you enjoy it.
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Gartside Sparrow Fly. This is a fly my friend purchased from a fly shop in Big Sky, MT in the 1970’s. He fished the fly on the Gallatin and Madison Rivers, MT. The Sparrow Fly was created by Jack Gartside.
I’m not a videographer, but I took some footage of our experience fly fishing the Brown Drake hatch I’d like to share with you. It’s my first attempt at creating this type of content and not something I plan to do a lot of. I like to learn new things and creating my Magical Brown…
We decided to head back to the river. I think we’ve made three trips and have been fortunate to hook and land fish each trip using dry flies. The river gods have been smiling upon us and we feel fortunate to be able to enjoy the days on our home waters, the Metolius, and get…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Doughton’s Siletz Special. I recently completed a custom fly order for several sea run cutthroat flies and the Doughton’s Siletz Special was one of them. You can read that story HERE. I thought it would make a great TBT post.
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Lance Egan’s Red Dart. OK, this might not be a real old fly, but it will be 9 years old this year. I read where Lance Egan developed this fly in 2011 for the World Fly Fishing Championships held in Bolzano, Italy. He used his new fly to…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Royal Stimulator TBT. The Royal Stimulator is a fly I tied recently for a customer and thought is would be a good candidate for a TBT post. checked Randall Kaufmann’s Tying Dry Flies (1991) to see if the fly was listed. The fly pattern at the end…