Bluewater Fly Fishing
The Dramatic New Fly Fishing Frontier - A Full Color Guide
Here is the first major book devoted exclusively to the exciting world of big-game fishing. Trey Combs has found the prime destinations (from Baja California to Australia) for seventeen different species-and each has its own chapter: dorado, Pacific sailfish, Atlantic sailfish, blue marlin, black marlin, striped marlin, white marlin, albacore, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna, blackfin tuna, kawakawa tuna, black skipjack, skipjack tuna, dogtooth tuna, wahoo, Pacific salmon, and inshore gamefish. The book features over 150 full-color photographs (sample images from the book are provided below)
Combs gives a short history and fly-fishing strategies for each gamefish, as well as delightful anecdotes of his own fishing experiences. The book also includes important, up to-the-minute chapters on tackle and teasing techniques, a major section on bluewater flies and poppers, and tying advice from such experts as Lefty Kreh, Bob Popovics, Rod Harrison, Winston Moore, Nick Curcione, Chico Fernandez, Steve Abel, Pete Parker, Richard Stoll, and many others.
Bluewater Fly Fishing is a must-have for all saltwater fly fishermen-anywhere in the world.
Book Sections
Part I - Bluewater Fish Sections (species/location)
Dorado (Mexico) — Pacific Sailfish (Costa Rica) — Atlantic Salmon (Senegal) — Blue & Black Marlin (Australia) — Striped Marlin (Mexico) — White Marlin (Venezuela) — Albacore (Washington) — Yellowfin Tuna (Mexico) — Bigeye Tuna (Columbia) — Blackfin Tuna & Little Tunny (Florida) — Kawakawa Tuna (Mozambique) — Black Skipjack (Mexico) — Dogtooth Tuna (New Guinea) — Wahoo (Mexico) — Pacific Salmon (Canada) — Inshore Gamefish
Part 2 - Bluewater Methods
Teasing — Rods and Reels — Flylines — Backing — Leaders — Knots — Accessories — Bluewater Fly Patterns
A Pacific sailfish in the Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica surges away after taking the fly.
Trey Combs (left) holds a 81-pound world-record black marlin caught in Cape Bowling Green, Australia
A small kawakawa tuna caught in Bazaruto Island's Sailfish Bay - the tuna struck a Sea Habit Tube Fly
Attractor-style flies designed to be cast to teased-in billfish
Photograph from rods and reels chapter
The "Perfection Loop" found in the knot chapter that provides 30+ diagrams of various styles of bluewater fly fishing knots.