This came in today’s email, and I wanted everyone to see these great photos. Mr. Borger, I met you at the fly show in Somerset a few years ago and enjoyed your seminars greatly. You talked with my husband Shawn and I, and I expressed my love for naturals as well. I just wanted to […]
At the Edmonton Seminar that I conducted with Mike Lawson, I was asked several questions about tying the adult caddis imitations that I use. I tied the Poly Caddis, but there was not time to tie the Devil Bug. This is a modification of the Tom Thumb fly of Canada. The modification comes in the […]
I had several requests for the gang at Edmonton to post the tying instructions for the Braided Butt Damsel–so here they are, straight out of Designing Trout Flies.
When mature, caddis larvae seal themselves in a pupal chamber and metamorphose into the pupa. The mature pupa is rightly called the “Pharate Adult.” It is the adult inside the pupal husk. There has been much discussion of the appearance of the Pharate Adult as it rises to the surface to hatch out. Some say […]
I will be at the Denver Fly Fishing Show at the Merchandise Mart this weekend offering programs each day and a fly casting class on Saturday morning. It’s a great show, and a fun time for everyone. For more information, see Denver Show. On Friday, I will give a fly tying demo at 11:30 am. […]
I received an email from Tim Kelly with a question “about a bug my son and I ran into while camping and fishing in Southern Missouri. The river was at flood stage so we couldn’t fish but we had fun just camping and goofing around in the Ozarks. Every night while we were setting around […]
Jed Hollan from the Little Red Fly Shop sent me an email on a phenomenon that he observed while fishing. He generously has allowed me to post it on my blog. Thanks Jed. Dr. Borger: I am attaching a photo of an angler’s wading boot covered in eggs. This occurred at Libby Shoal on the […]