Nice time on the water!

Good luck on the river!

Again, my thanks to ronr! 8-) https://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11642 He tied his variation with a squirrel thorax and made a much neater fly. I tied mine with a sub of Hare Tron since my only squirrel was at home. Kelly and I fished the Crooked for about 3 hours before and 3 hours...

My thanks to ronr for introducing me to a hot fly on the Crooked River. He had recently fished it with great success just a few days before I got over to Camp Roadkill. Here is my variation... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53997781671_46976e698a_z.jpg RIMG4156 by William Lovelace , on Flickr H...

Ron,

Glad you had some nice fishing out West again!

I will be trying some fishing on the OR Deschutes near Redmond next week.

Bill

Good looking fly!!

Here is my only FF example... ;) https://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1416 I was lucky enough to learn a little from a fantastic tyer Harry Lemire in the Northwest Atlantic Salmon Fly Guild. There are several techniques in thread management and material preparation that assist in tyin...

RickA wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 8:26 am Now go soak it in the cold tailwaters of the Owyhee...

I have that in mind for early next month if the fires don't hit that area!

Here are the flies used for the Central Oregon Rivers Knee Test... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53889516045_6762387cae_z.jpg RIMG4013 by William Lovelace , on Flickr The 8 flies on the left passed the tests, as well as the new knee. ;) The others will pass at some other time. A Floating Vinya...

First day fishing on the Middle Deschutes a week ago, I tried these 3 peacock variations for about 15 minutes with no success. It was not a day for these flies. No fish feeding on top and very little insect activity in the air. I switched out those flies to try three different wets. Fishing down the...