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Classic Steelhead Flies and Fly Fishing History | North Umpqua & Santiam Rivers - John Shewey Interview - Steelhead Fly Fishing History | North Umpqua & Santiam Rivers - John Shewey Interview
Season 1 Episode 16
Show Notes: http://wetflyswing.com/16
The history of steelhead fly fishing and fly tying is covered in episode 016 of the fly fishing show. John Shewey breaks down the history of steelhead flies and how things have evolved over the years in steelhead fly fishing.
John is the current editor-in-chief of the NW Fly Fishing group of magazines and has written some of the best and most beautiful steelhead books you've ever seen. We talk about swinging flies on the North Umpqua and North Santiam and how it all came to be.
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Show Notes with John Shewey:
4:05 - Dave McNeese was the first fly shop and one of the first people to apply east coast salmon flies to steeelhead flies
6:40 - Sid Glasso is another huge name in fly fishing and influence to Dave McNeese
9:00 - The Eel River and John Ben is where steelhead fly fishing first began
14:14 - The Parmacheene Belle fly pattern and story told of a pattern that caught a lot of fish back in the day, but people quit fishing it and it disappeared. You can find a photo at the link above and by scrolling down on this page.
16:55 - Jay Nicholas episode of the fly fishing show
17:40 - Trey Combs Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies is one of the most influential books in history
19:05 - Classic Steelhead Flies is already a classic book
21:05 - Modern Steelhead Flies by Jay Nicholas is a comparison that John makes
25:55 - The North Santiam was John's home river since the 1980's and a river where he has hooked into many summer steelhead
34:05 - John talks about the demographics of the NW Fly Fishing magazine and the difference between the Drake Magazine in readers
41:35 - Birds of the Pacific Northwest and Oregon Beaches showcase John's diversity of publishing
43:45 - Caddis Float Tubes and Bob Houston was a great opportunity at the time and opened some doors for John to continue moving forward
44:20 - Fly Tyer Magazine was John's first publication and he woul
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