S. Don Cahoon
Calgary, Canada
"Been fishing all my life, starting in April 1928, when mother fell in the river three weeks before I was
born. Fished with a hand line behind the boat in the beginning. My first rod was a telescoping steel
fly rod which I used to fish worms and grasshoppers.
Moved to Ontario 1942 where I learned to fish all over again for bass, walleye, sunfish and perch. Returned to Alberta in 1957 to re-learn trout fishing and eventually fly fishing. I am a self taught fly fisherman as there were no schools, fly shops or anyone I knew to learn from.
I was a partner in Calgary's first full fly shop for twelve years where I taught fly fishing, rod building, and fly tying. I am now retired after suffered a heart attack and bypass, but spend as many days as I see fit enjoying the streams of Alberta, B.C. and Montana.
My other major hobbies are wildflowers and
photography. These two help me through the spring runoff each year. I have also taken to pike fishing with a fly the last couple of
years, something else to get me outdoors.
I am responsible for popularizing Frenchman's Creek which I borrowed from the late Robert Traver
many years ago. He said "I will call it Frenchman's Creek because that is not the name of it".
I am married to a very understanding lady (49yrs). We have one daughter, five grand children and four great
grand children. They all live here in Calgary."
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for your tying needs.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black.
Tail: Elk or deer hair.
Body: Natural muskrat.
Wing: Elk or deer hair.
Hackle: Blue dun.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black.
Tail: Black calf tail.
Body: Pink floss.
Wing: Black calf tail.
Hackle: Furnace.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Cream.
Tail: Light deer hair.
Body: Bleached muskrat.
Wing: Light deer hair.
Hackle: Cream/light ginger.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black.
Tail: Tan calf tail.
Body: Dark brown muskrat.
Wing: Brown calf tail.
Hackle: Furnace.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black.
Tail: Elk or deer hair.
Body: Yellow Floss.
Wing: Elk or deer hair.
Hackle: Grizzly and brown.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black.
Tail: White Calf Tail.
Body: White Dubbing.
Wings: White Calf Tail.
Hackle: White Badger.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black.
Tail: Moose hair.
Body: Stripped peacock herl.
Wing: White calf tail.
Hackle: Brown or furnace.
Thread: Cream.
Tail: Elk or deer hair.
Body: Bleached muskrat.
Wing: Dyed mallard flank.
Hackle: Ginger.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black or olive.
Tail: Moose hair.
Body: Olive muskrat.
Wing: Blue dun calf.
Hackle: Blue dun.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black.
Tail: Elk/deer hair.
Body: Herl and red floss.
Wings: White calf tail.
Hackle: Brown and furnace.
Hook:
Mustad 9672.
Thread: Black.
Tail: Pheasant tail fibers.
Body: White yarn or dubbing.
Ribbing: Narrow gold tinsel.
Wing: Fox squirrel over red calf tail over yellow calf tail.
Hackle: White calf tail, sparse.
Hook:
Mustad 94845.
Thread: Black.
Tail: Dun hackle.
Body: Stripped brown hackle.
Wings: Dyed mallard flank.
Hackle: Blue dun.
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