Swing the Fly Issue 2.3 Winter 2014-15 | Page 15

I had mentioned to Adrian that I recalled seeing the late great Harry Lemire fishing this stretch of river during my first visit in 1995. This inspired Adrian to tie up some Greaseliners on the irons gifted to him by James Reid. I happened to have some natural deer hair in my tying kit, along with some loose grizzly feathers given to me by a co-worker who raises chickens at his home so I passed these materials over to the masterful tyer of flies "in hand". -Todd Hirano

Adrian tying a Greaseliner streamside. Photo by Steve Turner