WFS 296 - John Shewey on 9 Favorite Flies for Trout - American Fly Fishing

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/296 Presented By: Trxstle, Togens Fly Shop, Anglers Coffee, Fly Fishing Film Tour Sponsors: https://wetflyswing.com/sponsors John Shewey, Editor of American Fly Fishing magazine, returns today to talk about the magazine, his new book, and the history of Oregon's original flies. It's been 3 years since we last spoke with John so he gives us an update on what's been going on with the magazine, being consolidated into one. We dig into his new book - the history of Oregon flies and its creators, favorite flies including my dad's Max Canyon. Check out John's Top 9 Favorite Flies for Trout! We also talk about his other books and he gives us some tips on writing - how to write like a journalist without coming from an egocentric standpoint. Find out why it's much easier to motivate people from the East to fish West than West to East. John tells us the characteristics of articles that make it to their magazine. 9 Favorite Flies for Trout Show Notes with John Shewey 03:17 - John was on the podcast for the first time at WFS 016 04:17 - Their 3 regional magazines, Northwest Fly Fishing Southwest Fly Fishing Eastern Fly Fishing, have been consolidated to just one called, American Fly Fishing 05:14 - The founding publisher of American Fly Fishing, Steve Cole sold the magazine company to Village Press (the publisher of Pointing Dog Journal) 07:40 - John's newfound passion is hunting Chukars and watching the dogs work 08:51 - Frank Moore passes away at 98.. A fly fish legend. He will surely be remembered - Frank was on the podcast at WFS 046 10:37 - We talked about another legend by the name of Lefty Kreh - how he was a genuine person and really passionate about what he did 15:30 - AFF issues 6 magazines per year 16:43 - John explains why it's a lot easier to convince people from the East to fish West than West to East 28:32 - They typically publish 36 feature-length articles per year 30:08 - Get the latest updates on AFF by subscribing here 31:00 - John's latest book is called, Favorite Flies for Oregon: 50 Essential Patterns from Local Experts - he gives an overview 32:07 - Randall Kaufmann is the best Oregon fly originator as John describes 33:54 - Dave McNeese was on the podcast at WFS 155 34:30 - Ken Morrish was on the podcast at WFS 181 34:44 - The Beetle Bug Coachman is one the great all-time dry flies 35:02 - Garrett Lesko was on the podcast at WFS 236 35:53 - John recently wrote a book about Hummingbirds - it's called The Hummingbird Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About These Fascinating Birds 38:03 - If Randall is not the best-known fly tier of all-time in Oregon, it's probably Polly Rosborough - Polly wrote a book called, Tying and Fishing the Fuzzy Nymphs 38:39 - One of John's favorite Polly fly is the Little Yellowstone Fly with the red butt 39:36 - Brian Silvey was on the podcast at WFS 148 - Brian ties beautiful flies - he's got an original fly called the Silvinator 40:23 - John tells us a little more about Polly 44:27 - The Morrish Mayday pattern is listed in John's book Photo courtesy of Caddis Fly Shop 45:21 - The Umpqua Special 45:33 - The Spruce Fly dates back to the early part of the 20th century - John tells us its history 46:59 - The Beetle Bug Coachman history 53:38 - John started commercial fly tying when he was in high school and he sold his first magazine article when he was a freshman in college 58:23 - Catching steelhead on flies, as history says, began in 1849 59:32 - John S. Ben, a famous fly angler from San Francisco, pioneered steelhead fly fishing on the Eel River in Northern California 1:00:20 - John has written about 20 books in total - see the list of his books here 1:02:11 - One of John's favorite steelhead patterns is the Golden Demon 9 Favorite Flies for Trout Conclusion with guest John and I talked about the magazine, his new book, and the history of Oregon original flies. We found out that their magazine has been consolidated into one - from 3 regional magazines to just American Fly Fishing. We talked about his other books and John gave us some writing tips if we want to write for the readers. We discovered 9 of his favorite flies that are also listed in his book. Show Notes:  https://wetflyswing.com/296