It’s Thursday again and this week’s TBT fly is the Stimulator. I first learned of this fly from Randall Kaufmann’s book Tying Dry Flies. Tied many flies from that book.
This is an older fly I tied many years ago. I obtained the book in the early 90’s…so old is relative, I guess.
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is Art Lingren’s Green-Butt Black steelhead fly. Here is another steelhead fly pattern I found in John Shewey’s Classic Steelhead Flies on page 90. Lingren developed this fly around 1983. He is well-known in the steelhead community and knowledgeable about British Columbia fly fishing, which is his home. The link…
I was on the river last week and happened to witness a tremendous PMD hatch. I’ve been waiting for the Green Drake mayflies to begin hatching, but it was great to see PMDs hatching again. PMDs, otherwise known as Pale Morning Duns, are an important hatch for fish and fly fishers. Generally, you’ll find these…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Quigley Cripple PMD version. The Quigley Cripple was developed by Bob Quigley in the late 1970’s for Northern California’s Fall River. As the story goes, Bob was fishing a Humpy and catching fish with it. The wing got chewed up and he caught many more fish with…
I don’t know about you, but this is the time of year my days on the water are limited. The limiting factor is ME. Why? Many days the high temperatures hover around freezing! Even though fishing isn’t on the agenda every day, I’m still “fishing”. I have a winter list to check off. Here’s what’s on it:…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Fire Coachman Trude Dry Fly. I was searching for a fly to feature and pulled out John Shewey’s Favorite Flies for Oregon (2021) book. I turned to the Fire Coachman Trude dry fly and decided to tie one. (Note: My own RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple can be found in…
After spending a week at Casa de Campo, our next stop was fly fishing at Trocoman house with SET Fly Fishing. It wasn’t the original plan…we were scheduled to stay at Rakin Lodge (although we know it as Codihue), a new SET lodge approximately two hours away by car. We were looking forward to fly…
