Owl Creek Flies

Owl Creek Flies Owl Creek Flies is permanently closed. Welcome to the Owl Creek Flies page! My name is Alyssa Halls, I'm the admin of this page and Co-Owner of OCF.

I tie the majority of the flies for our business and also guide fly fishermen & women on the Bighorn River here in Thermopolis. My husband, Neil Strickland is Head Guide for our outfit, designs most of our specialty patterns, and helps me tie when we get large orders. We started out as Anadromy Fly Fishing on the Hoh River on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, ran a Winter Steelhead guide service (an

d a small fish camp) and tied specialty steelhead and salmon flies for Anglers across the United States as well as in our own backyard... literally. We had a tiny "fly shack" called the Hoh Humm Fly Shop where we sold Meiser Spey Rods (made on the Rogue River in Oregon), Speyco Click-Pawl Fly Reels (made in Green Bay, WI) and of course our favorite tubeflies, bunny flies, and spey flies. After four years of barely eeking by with a nearly nonexistant summer fishery, we lost our summer salmon season on the Hoh, and that was the last straw. We moved to the Bighorn Valley and started Owl Creek Flies, expanding our catalog to include our favorite patterns for trout and guiding anglers on the Big Horn River in Thermopolis, Wyoming. Neil lived and worked on the Bighorn in Ft. Smith, MT for a decade and had taken every opportunity to fish this stretch of the Iconic Bighorn during his time in Montana. We have spent the last two seasons getting to know this river inside and out so that we can provide our clientele with the best experience possible. We truly love this river and the trout that live here, and do our best to advocate proper handling of fish, the use of barbless hooks, and catch-and-release fishing with as little harm done as possible. Our flies are some of the most durable, beautiful, meticulously-tied, and effective patterns that money can buy. Every single one is tied to order by Neil and I, with the highest quality materials from Hareline Dubbin in Eugene, OR, Fishhunter Enterprises in Kent, WA, and White Fox Fur & Feather in Pemberton, MN, as well as our own hand-dyed fur and feathers. We use only the sharpest, strongest hooks from Daiichi, Gamakatsu, Mustad, and Kumoto. We take no shortcuts, and make no exceptions when it comes to quality. Our flies and tying tutorials have been featured on Moldy Chum, Frankenfly, Salmonfly.net, and the Tasty Bug Tying Series. We supply flies to the Klickitat Trader in Klickitat, WA, the Yellowstone Angler in Livingston, MT, and Fly Shop of the Bighorns in Sheridan, WY as well as to anglers like you through our online custom fly shop. Thank you for supporting American tyers! Learn more about us at www.owlcreekflies.com/about.html

Joel got a few nice ones this week too. Thanks for the help.
09/25/2023

Joel got a few nice ones this week too. Thanks for the help.

Henny hen hen
09/25/2023

Henny hen hen

Really pretty brown from the backyard. Love the spots on her and the beautiful morning light. Looks like she's about to...
09/06/2023

Really pretty brown from the backyard. Love the spots on her and the beautiful morning light. Looks like she's about to get fall on

Cheese burgers in paradise.
09/05/2023

Cheese burgers in paradise.

These are all that remain in stock, folks! 1 dozen white/gold Mini Bling Leeches with medium brass coneheads and red #6...
12/03/2022

These are all that remain in stock, folks! 1 dozen white/gold Mini Bling Leeches with medium brass coneheads and red #6 Gamakatsu Octopus hooks. These are killer flies... if you don't buy them, I'll just keep them for myself 😉

$8 a pop, or $90 for the lot. $5 shipping.

In stock currently (available to ship this week)• 2 dozen white & gold Mini Bling Leech #6• 1 dozen black Mini Bling Le...
11/29/2022

In stock currently (available to ship this week)
• 2 dozen white & gold Mini Bling Leech #6
• 1 dozen black Mini Bling Leech #6

I'll be tying more. These are $45 for a half doz, $90 for a full dozen, and $260 if you buy all three dozen ($10 off).

Shipping is $5.00 within the continental USA.

Who needs two and a half dozen Mini Bling Leeches, hot off the vise?**Update ~ 2 dozen left: 18 brass; 3 tungsten**Tied ...
11/22/2022

Who needs two and a half dozen Mini Bling Leeches, hot off the vise?

**Update ~ 2 dozen left: 18 brass; 3 tungsten**

Tied with 20lb Fireline. Fitted with red size 6 Gamakatsu Octopus hooks.

Contact me if you've been wanting swing bugs, I'm currently tying orders!

06/01/2020

Well, we (Neil and Alyssa) are back in the good ol' US of A, and back in Wyoming. We have a large supply of fly tying materials and a good amount of free time on our hands. Anyone needs flies? Who wants to go fishing? Send us a message to give Neil or me a call, we both have new phone numbers. Our email address is still [email protected]

We're glad to be back, the weather is fine and, besides a little road construction and a couple new businesses (Kirby Creek Mercantile opened up, as did P6 Pizza) not a whole lot has changed in Thermopolis... pretty sure that's a good thing.

Get in touch, we'd love to hear from some of our regulars and get back in the groove of taking folks fishing and tying a few orders on the side. Neil has already done a couple handfuls of trips this season - good fishing and good fun as always. I currently do not have my own boat and will be focusing on tying and other ventures, but will be available for the occasional trip by request.

Hope everyone has been weathering the storm alright.. it has been a crazy year. Hope you all get the chance to get out and breathe, enjoy the heat, the warm wind and cool water, and experience the fullness of summer. No matter what you do, camping, fishing, walking your dog, swimming, rafting, rock collecting.. whatever makes you feel connected.

10/09/2019

Owl Creek Flies is CLOSED for business and is no longer receiving phone calls or messages. We are living out of the country now. Thank you.

A hearty Thank You to all of our clients and customers for your support and business over the years. We appreciate you m...
09/10/2019

A hearty Thank You to all of our clients and customers for your support and business over the years. We appreciate you more than you know. As you may have heard, we are shutting down Owl Creek Flies and moving overseas. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity came up, and we could not turn it down. We will not be guiding or tying flies commercially during our time out of country. If you need a guide on the Big Horn River in Thermopolis, we recommend calling one of the following outfits:
WYOMING ADVENTURES John Schwalbe
Big Horn Guide Service Chris Ryan

Thank you for all of the fly orders, guide trips, and friendships. We will miss you all and the Big Horn but are very excited about the next step in our journey. So long and thanks for all the fish,

Alyssa & Neil

Runoff is coming to a slow end... 5,000 seems like nothing after guiding at 6 and 7k for a while! Goodbye big water, hel...
06/26/2019

Runoff is coming to a slow end... 5,000 seems like nothing after guiding at 6 and 7k for a while! Goodbye big water, hello summer flows...

RIVER FLOW DECREASE
Thursday June 27 at 1:00pm flow in the Big Horn River will be reduced from 6250cfs to 5000cfs.
Emergency Management will issue an updated Situation Report at that time.

Our last orders of the summer. Our July, August, and September have really filled in, looks like it's going to be anothe...
06/24/2019

Our last orders of the summer. Our July, August, and September have really filled in, looks like it's going to be another busy season in Thermopolis! We have decided that we need to dedicate our time and energy to guiding, and take a hiatus from commercial tying. Thanks to all of our loyal customers and clients, we appreciate you all so much.

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