Wet FlyintermediatePacific Northwest
Marabou Spey
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Pacific Fly Fishers
Matched on Pacific Northwest, wet flies, steelhead. Pacific Northwest shop with a large online catalog and steelhead/trout regional relevance.
Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on wet flies, steelhead, wet. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
Schultz Outfitters
Matched on wet flies, steelhead, steelhead. Michigan and Great Lakes shop lead for steelhead, trout, and smallmouth patterns.
Fulling Mill Flies
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Traditional spey flies require feathers from birds that are either endangered, expensive, or both. The Marabou Spey solves this problem by substituting marabou -- the most expressive feather in fly tying -- for the exotic plumage that made classic spey flies both beautiful and impractical. The result is a fly that moves in the current like it has a pulse, costs a fraction of the original, and catches steelhead with the same reliability as patterns tied with feathers harvested under a full moon from a bird that no longer exists. Progress, when it happens in fly tying, looks exactly like this.
Quick Facts
Where to Fish It
North Umpqua River
OR · Freestone River
Deschutes River
OR · Freestone River
Klickitat River
WA · Freestone River
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Pacific Northwest Steelhead: The Complete Guide
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Chrome and Current: The Science of Steelhead
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