Fly Fishing Essays

This page brings together the written work on the site. Use RECENT to see the latest additions across the site, ESSAYS for chapters, excerpts, and long-form writing, FLIES for the fly pattern dictionary, and ARCHIVE for images, plates, and historical material.

Bluewater Fly Fishing, By Trey Combs (1996)
Dorado - Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Pacific Sailfish - Costa Rica’s Bluewater Acrobat

Steelhead Fly Fishing, By Trey Combs (1991)
Steelhead
Holding Water
Presentation
Klamath River
Rogue River
North Umpqua River
Deschutes River

The Salmon Fly, By George Kelson (1895), A Synthesis of a Classic
Ch 1 – System vs Chance
Ch 2 – Structure, Classification, and Function

Rivers & Research Articles
Bulkley River Steelhead: Capture Methods Matter
Hoh River Steelhead: A 30-Year Look at Change
Learn The Run
Overshoot Steelhead at Priest Rapids Dam
Quinault River Steelhead: Now & Then
Skagit River: Why Steelhead Keep Returning to the Same Runs
Thompson River Steelhead — The River (Pt. 1)
Thompson River Steelhead — The Fisheries (Pt. 2)
Thompson River Steelhead — The Ocean Migration (Pt. 3)

Essays
Bluewater Flies: Sea Habit Deceivers
Fishing With Masa
Harry Lemire’s Caddis Steelhead Flies
Perfect Couple
The Micro Sunray

Fly Dressers & Anglers
Dave McNeese: The Most Interesting Fly Fisher in the World
“Rod” or “Stick”: Harry Lemire Was Both
John Benn – Father of Steelhead
Oystein is Chasing Silver
Ralph Wahl’s March Madness
The Fly Dresser - Will Bush
Trey Combs’ SteelFlash Flies