Salmonfly.Net is a free internet magazine which got it start in 1998 as a site for Salmon and Steelhead fly tyers to get some instructions for tying flies and to find lots of patterns. The style and format has changed many times over the years but the content has remained much the same. MORE...

Summer Steelhead Fly Fishing

Just about every fly fisherman has dreamed at one time or another about taking summer steelhead on a fly, but not all get a chance to live that dream. In this issue we'll learn a little about the fish, the rivers, and the flies. MORE...

Dr. David Burns on Summer Steelhead

Dr. David Burns is a Master Fly Tyer and has been a Forest Fisheries Biologist for the Payette National Forest stationed in McCall, Idaho for the past 30 years. He weighs in with his unique perspective in a short article about summer-runs and the flies. We'll also take a peak inside his fly box see some of his new fly submissions. MORE...

William Lovelace Flies

Oregon contributing fly tyer, William Lovelace is near some of the best summer steelhead water in the country and knows what flies they like. In this issue, we'll see more flies for summer steelhead from his vise, adding to his already prolific contributions to this site. MORE...

The Flies of Clark Lucas

Idaho contributing fly tyer, Clark Lucas, whose signature spey flies have graced these pages since 1999, was mentored by Dr. David Burns. In this issue we will hear about some of Clark's favorite flies and fly tackle for summer runs while visiting his updated spey fly pages. MORE...

Dickson's Crystal Caddis

Guest author and contributing fly tyer, Dennis Dickson continues his series about flies that have been highly successful for his guides, telling one of his typically amusing anecdotes followed by step-by step instructions for tying his favorite surface fly for summer steelhead, the Crystal Caddis. MORE...

Pacific Salmon in the Salt

The concept of fly fishing for Pacific Salmon in the salt has never crossed the mind of many that have the good fortune of living near the ocean bays, and estuaries that salmon inhabit. For years it has been either a mystery or taboo. Finally, though, the documented evidence is mounting that it can be a successful and rewarding experience thanks to outdoorsman and authors like Barry M. Thornton, Ken Hanley, Les Johnson, et al. In the next issue, we’ll examine some of the literature, learn about the salmon, and discuss techniques and flies used to catch them.

Mike Foster Flies

Contributing author and fly tyer Mike Foster, has been a fly fishing instructor, fly shop operator, instructor for Fenwick Fly Fishing Seminars, and writer for various outdoor publications. In addition, several of his original flies have been displayed in the books of Les Johnson, et al. In the next issue he relates his experience with fly fishing the salt and shares some of his favorite flies.

Dennis Dickson Series

Guest author and contributing fly tyer, Dennis Dickson again keeps us in stitches with a story about one of his favorite flies. In the next issue his series continues as he gives step-by step instructions for tying a very successful variation of the Pacific Salmon and Sea-Run Cutthroat fly, The Rolled Muddler.

Marc's Tidal Strategy

In the next issue, Selim Hassan, a member of the book committee that published Alaska Flyfishers, Fly Patterns of Alaska, tells the story of how he met and learned some lessons from Marc Van Hauwaert, the originator of the fly for Kenai Peninsula Pacific Salmon, Marc's Tidal Strategy.