Zug Bug is the next fly for Thow Back Thursday. I tied it on an old Mustad 3906 hook. This fly was created by Cliff Zug in the 1930s. It was one of a handful of nymphs I started to tie and fish with.
For some reason, you won’t see it in my fly box these days…hmmm.
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…
Another year has come and gone. For many, it’s a time of reflection and celebration of year end. Seems like an appropriate time to reflect about all I’ve done on my website this year. I started the RiverKeeper Flies blog as a way to combine my passion of fly fishing & fly tying with an ability to…
Spontaneous fly fishing trips can be exciting. That’s what I did last week. We decided on a whim to fly fish the Madison River in early July. I was reading the Blue Ribbon Flies weekly newsletter on Facebook and told my wife how good the fly fishing was supposed to be. We’ve usually made our…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Del Cooper. I’ve been reading John Shewey’s Classic Steelhead Flies and decided to look in my Steelhead fly box to see if I had a few of the flies. Low and behold, I found a couple Del Coopers. I must have tied this several years ago. Shewey attributes…
In this week’s post, I continue making my transition from fishing to tying lots of flies. Read on to learn more about tying flies and 2018 Christmas list! I’m still adding flies to the provider box. If you read last week’s Filling the Provider Box post, you know I tied several dozen RiverKeeper Soft Hackle Cripple…
This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Royal Coachman Wet Fly. These Royal Coachman Wet Flies were in one of the old fly wallets I have.
