Forum: Spey Clave

Excuse my ignorance with this question. I'm a fan of Sage old school rods...own several LL series and RPL's currently and love each of them. I'm...

Hey Gang, So I will be heading to the OP in March to do a backpack/fishing trip. I will have about five days total (about 3 days of...

I have terrible luck with Spey Lines. They are constantly cracking and you know the rest, your pissed b/c they cost $70, they don't cast as...

Just picked up a 8 wt 11' A.R.E. switch rod for some winter steelhead. Does anyone know the grain window for this rod? I am thinking of putting a 510...

Anyone cast one yet?

Last day for my favorite small stream this season. I hit it pretty hard today fishing from the hole above my house down the the outlet and then back....

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....for me anyway. Took a tour of the Sauk and the Skagit yesterday. This would be the last day of the year I can fish these rivers before they...

I've got some classic reels I'd like refinished. Bill Archuleta no longer restores reels, according to him. What other options are there?

I know it's not a numbers game and they've also been called the fish of a thousand casts, however, I'm curious how many outings it usually takes to...

Hey Gang, I recently purchased an Echo TR 7130 and although I am a novice caster, I am halfway over the moon about how great this thing feels. I...

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scandi, skagit, wow! i've been skeptical of shorter switches in the past, no more. effortless tng casts, short- plus 80 ft. just plain fun for...

Just reading and decided to do some 'clean up/up date' work with my user CP: Join Date 04-17-2004 I had no idea you'd been putting up with me...

I would like to get a spey set up and see if I like it. I like the idea of casting big flies a long way.... but the more I get into it the more i...

Headed to the OP middle of march for a week. Anyone want to split gas?

Thanks James (Cane Caster on the pages) for showing off your fine rods...Was a good turn out in pretty inclimate weather...but I think everyone had a...

I had been fishing a Delta for the last few months and really learning to love it. I was really quite excited when Rio released their UniSpey as it...

i currently use a skagit head and am trying to switch over to a long belly scandi head. it seems like the line doesnt have enough umph to get the...

What grain window for a compact skagit? Or are there any better short head recommendations for winter work? Thanks.

Because my namesake river is so often discolored, I recently bought a 750 grain Rio skagit head and an Amnesia shooting line. My early years of spey...

Yesterday I was fishing a nice run from river left. I started out with single Spey casts in the shallow riffle at the head of the run. As I worked...

We just got them in this last week! If anyone in the area wants to take one for a test drive, shoot me a PM. Be happy to let you cast them! ...

I am going to pick up a Beulah Platinum 8124 for winter work on the OP. Anyone fished this rod with the Beulah Tonic heads and have any advice as to...

Just a quick question, I have a Loomis 9wt. Native Run that I want to use specificly for single handed spey casting. What line types am I looking for...

As a speycaster and swinger I never fish the outside of a bend "from the outside". I always cast to that fast water and swing to the soft water,...

As I move to longer and longer lines, Im finding that my go-to double spey, snap t, and circle speys are increasingly ineffective casts for obvious...

Hello, Matching lines to two handed rods can be confusing. Two handed rods come with a recommended grain weight window for lines to be used with...