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John Judy is a well known, Northwest writer and guide; a leader in the fly fishing community. He comes from a second generation fly fishing family and has been in the forefront of the development of many new and innovative fly fishing techniques. His book Slack Line Strategies is considered by many to be the definitive primer on presentation skills. John does speaking programs, fly fishing seminars and schools around the Northwest.

His guide company John Judy Flyfishing is one of the oldest and best established outfitters on the world famous Deschutes River. The company specializes in extended multi day, drift boat trips through the more remote canyon stretches of this magnificent, wild and scenic river. They fish, depending upon season, for both native trout and steelhead.

More than just a guide and a skilled boatman John likes to consider himself first and foremost a developer, teacher and coach of advanced fly fishing skills. Years ago he helped to popularize the hinged nymphing system that is widely used all over the country today. With it you can convert from a fairly ugly chuck and duck approach to more delicate, lighter weight nymphing method that allows you to probe and feel along the bottom seeking the holding lies and habitat where the fish are hanging.

If you are a dry fly guy John has a whole bag of tricks that will help you to float your delicate imitations down the most complicated current lanes with a perfect, natural, drag free drift.

Then of course there is Spey casting which is the greatest passion of all. John’s boat first started sprouting the big two handed rods back in the day when most folks thought you should be locked up for packing such a thing on the river. He’s been preaching the gospel according to Spey ever since. He has literally taught thousands of people the delights of this artistic, graceful form of fly fishing for Steelhead.

The Spey passion doesnt stop there, in more recent years John has become a strong advocate of single hand Spey, an approach that adapts the casting style used with the big two handed rods to lighter more delicate single hand trout fishing equipment. This technique is gaining in popularity all over the Northwest. It’s so useful and so versatile John predicts in a few years it will be the hot new thing all over the country.

In addition to his skills on the river John has also worked tirelessly to promote better fisheries management. He and a few friends successfully launched a campaign that resulted in the formation of Oregon Trout, the state’s leading wild fish advocacy group. He also spent close to twenty years encouraging Fish and Wildlife to institute a very successful program that ended stocking and brought back the native fish population-- including the threatened and endangered Bull Trout-- on his home river, the Metolius. Quality of fishing on the Metolius and throughout Oregon has been greatly improved as a result of Johns efforts.

Residing in Oregon, John Shewey is a life-long devotee to fly fishing, wingshooting and the outdoors in general. His annual travels take him all over the West and to his favorite haunts from Alaska to Mexico. Having fished for virtually everything the West has to offer - from surf perch at sea level to golden trout at 12,000 feet, John still gravitates towards his favorite summer steelhead streams.

"Summer steelhead" is a broad term in Oregon. Chrome-bright fish enter Oregon's countless coastal streams from July through November, constituting a five-month "summer season." Shewey pursues these magnificent wild fish with his elegant flies, many of which have earned national prominence. John has penned numerous articles for fly fishing magazines and to date has published nine books on fly fishing and one on wingshooting. His titles include Northwest Flyfishing, Trout & Beyond; Flyfishing Northwest Waters; Mastering the Spring Creeks; Oregon Blue Ribbon Fly Fishing; Washington Blue Ribbon Fly Fishing and Fly Fishing for Summer Steelhead (co-authored by Forrest Maxwell).

"If you look up 'Spey Nut' in the dictionary, you are likely to find Way Yin's picture. Way has been an ardent advocate of Spey casting and fishing not only with two-handed rods, but with single-handed rods as well.

He is a popular fly-casting instructor and demonstrator, and frequently demonstrates casting in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe. He is a FFF Master Instructor and Two-Handed Casting Instructor, and was the first American to be certified as a Master Casting Instructor (in both Trout and Salmon disciplines) by the Association of Advanced Game Angling Professionals (AAPGAI) in the UK.

He supports local and national charities and conservation efforts through his clinics, casting lessons, and proceeds from the acclaimed instructional DVD “Spey to Z”. He frequently teaches clinics in conjunction with local and regional Scott dealers, and also guides for winter steelhead in Northwest Washington.

Way’s detailed input into the design and testing of our new T2H two-handers was invaluable, and has helped to make them the finest series of two-handed rods we’ve ever made.

He is an avid Pacific Northwest steelheader, enjoys the flats of the Florida Keys in pursuit of permit, and also fishes the Northern rivers of the Kola peninsula for early season Atlantic salmon. His favorite rods for Spey fishing include the A3 1008-4, the A3 1409-3, the S4 956-4, the T2H 1357-4, 1458-4 and 1610-4.
 

Kevin was born in Laramie Wyoming in 1957. At the age of three, he and his family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado where he began to develop his love for the outdoors. His father, who had worked for the Wyoming Department of Game and Fish and as a hunting and fishing guide, taught him to fish and hunt at a very early age. He quickly figured out that fly fishing was something that he truly loved to do!! Any free moment would find Kevin at The Thompson or The Poudre Rivers.
At age 9, Kevin and his family moved to Costa Rica. His parents were involved with a land development project on the Pacific coast, where he spent all of his summers and most weekends. Kevin learned to surf and apply his love for fly fishing to the saltwater. After graduating from Costa Rica Academy in 1974, Kevin moved to Houston, Texas where he spent any free time on Galveston bay fishing for speckled trout and redfish. Finding that the big city was not for him, in 1977, he moved to Santa Barbara California. Even though he found the area beautiful and the fishing and scuba diving great, it was still a little too big. Since many weekends found Kevin driving to Mammoth to ski, hunt or fish, he moved there in 1982.
After managing a glass shop in town and fishing every weekend for almost ten years, Kevin was offered a job working part time and guiding for Fred Rowe at The Sierra Bright Dot fly shop. Part time became full time and in 1986 he was offered a partnership in The Eastside Guide Service at the newly opened Trout Fly. He also enjoyed guiding for 6 years in the spring and fall of each year for Clearwater house on Hat Creek until he became too busy guiding at home. Eighteen years later, Kevin is lead guide of both The Trout fly and The Trout fitter in Mammoth Lakes Ca. He is an F.F.F. certified casting instructor and has been featured in 4 television fishing shows on Inside Sport Fishing for Fox Sports.
His love for the sport continues to grow. Kevin is extremely involved in the stream conservation effort in the Eastern Sierras and continues to work very closely with Cal Trout insuring the quality of the trout habitat in his area. Kevin was instrumental in getting the Upper Owens River special regulations re-instated, protecting the spawning fish in that river. He loves to teach, especially new fly fishers and even show some of the old dogs a new trick or two! Kevin loves to travel to The Bahamas to chase Bonefish, Florida for Tarpon or back to Costa Rica for Sailfish, Dorado and Tuna! You might find him on a Steelhead river in Oregon or a duck blind with his black Lab Tule. He could be found chasing wild turkeys near Paso Robles or on Mammoth Mountain snowboarding with his wife Lisa. You could even find him behind the counter at one of the two shops, but one thing is for sure, you won’t find him on the couch!!

Hey thanks for stopping by. I've been on the Scott pro staff team for a couple of years now, and I still cannot believe I get to be a part of such a great team. I feel very privileged to be part of the family.

This pro staff team is set up for you the customer to use. How?

Well if you have a question about fly-fishing in the surf, or need a question answered about your casting, or have a question about the rods, please give me a call or Email me. If I don't know the answer, I will do my best to get you a real answer to your question.

If you are on the west coast and go to the sport shows please stop by the Scott booth and say hi. I would love to go out and cast a line with you. We can work on our casting and test all the bitchin Scott rods.

Please, if you're new to Scott let me show you why I believe that there is no other rod to have than a Scott rod. If you are a old Scott fan please let me know, I would love to cast with you and hear about the fish you have caught using your Scott rods.

Well I guess I should get on with the biography stuff (I hate this part). Oh well, here goes... This is my 20th year fly-fishing. I'm 43.

I have been teaching fly-fishing and fly casting for ten years. I am certified as a FFF Master Casting Instructor and teach all over California. I teach beginning fly-fishing, Fly-casting, Fly-fishing in the surf and a bunch of other clinics.