July 18th the Yellowstone River is dropping but is still far from fishable and continues to set records for the flows on this date. [July 2011] I arrived on DePuy's Spring Creek at 6 p.m. the air temperature was 88 degrees and the winds were SSW at five to seven miles per hour and dropping (I hope).

The Adams fly is the most acclaimed fly pattern in the entire world.  The original recipe for the pattern and the story of its origin has repeatedly been told and historically documented.

I have been researching Leonard Halladay (1873-1952) and the Adams fly for over three years.  Almost daily more information and new contacts are discovered.  It's time to complete the story and share with you new information that has recently come to light about the Halladays and the Adams fly.

In fly fishing, you will inevitably experience landmark events that will stick with you over the years. Many of them will be things that happened while fishing. Others will be sights seen that could never hope to be duplicated. Some we cling to with a desire never to forget, while others stick with us whether we like it or not. There will be many that we can appreciate instantly simply as something that only fly fishing could have provided. Other events we need to mull over years, before their true impact or beauty can really be appreciated

This fly is a scaled down version of Duck's Green Drake (For background information on how the fly was named please see the June 18, 2012 Fly of the Week.) It was recently tied to fish the tiny fall Baetis hatch on my home water in Northern Idaho. It isn't quite as small as the naturals, but it has been very productive fishing to both trout regularly rising to naturals and those lurking until a natural comes along.

I started well as the fall season opened on October 15th. However, I came across a very special situation. As October went by, suddenly trout and BWO acted differently. I couldn't catch any trout during BWO hatches for next several days as if I was casting from a different dimension. I started feeling paranoid. I observed creek, trout, and bugs. I listened to my guide mentor, Montana's Master Angler himself, Tom Travis. Finally I solved the situation. If I hadn't figured this out before hatch was done for the season, I would still be in the middle of paranoia.

The Dictionary provides the following definition for minimalism; something achieved by using a few very simple elements to maximum effect. It seems to me that the recent rise of Tenkara fishing is a response to the increasing complexity of Western fly fishing techniques. I'm not quite ready to sell my conventional fly fishing equipment and fully embrace the Tenkara fly fishing method; but I can understand the desire to simplify.