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My Throw-Back Thursday Pic is the Kalama Special: The Kalama Special was designed by Mooch Abrams of Portland OR. While it was intended as a fly for Cutthroats, It then became popular in the 1930’s and 1940’s as a summer run steelhead fly especially during the late summer. Renowned angler Mike...

McLeod Ugly- Developed in 1962 by Ken McLeod. For those of us that still fish the old school classics this is one of the top must haves to fish anywhere on the Pacific coast.

10:58 at night and I almost forgot. Here's my "Throw Back Thursday" fly this week Kaufmanns Coal Car The pattern for this fly, originated by Randall Kaufmann, came from the fine book by Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen, Flies for Steelhead. They write that Randall Kaufmann designed the Coal Car as...

Had to just order 1 of them T-shirts for sure (y)

My "Throw Back Thursday" fly this week is the Winter's Hope. Before Intruders and fluffy rabbit/marabou patterns dominated our winter fly boxes, more traditional offerings tyed on heavy wire hooks swung in the colder months. Necessity dictated that these patterns be tied sparsely to swing deeper...

Here's my "Throw Back Thursday" fly this week. This pattern was developed by Al Prichard for the Kalama River. For many years Al owned a store on the Kalama, selling lunches, flies, lures, freely giving advice and a hot cup of coffee. Back in the day when I'd visit I never knew who might be...

My "Throw Back Thursday" fly this week Brad's Brat The steelhead fly Brad's Brat was developed by Enos Bradner sometime around 1937. Bradner lived in the Seattle area where he owned a bookstore and was also an author. He developed Brad's Brat mainly for the Stillaguamish River and then later...

My "Throw Back Thursday" fly this week the Delaware Adams It was 1st tied by the First Family of Catskill Fly Tiers—Walt, Winnie Dette, and today, Mary Dette—has tied flies for both anglers and collectors for decades. Those of us fortunate enough to have acquired some original Dette patterns...

That time of year to load up on the egg patterns. Here we go with the 1st. one