Tom Larimer is back today, with some graduate-level comments on spey casting. If you’re new to spey casting, you might want to start with his fundamentals on anchor placement. If you’ve been at it for a while…read on! Bottom Hand vs. Top Hand The first time I watched Dec Hogan cast my jaw dropped… It…
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Airflo
Scott King Rod
Today we present to you a review of the Scott T2H 12510/4 – a spey rod designed specifically for anglers chasing king salmon. Introduction It’s hard to make spey rods designed to catch big fish! Setting aside more ‘secondary’ factors like taper and grips, the two fundamental variables in rod design are length and weight….
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Airflo Skagit Switch Heads
We’ve told you in the past about how to cut back Skagit heads to match your switch rods – something we’ve had to do to get a good casting setup for rods like the Scott Fiberhammer or the Sage 5110-4 Z-Axis. Modern Skagit heads (with a real front taper) just weren’t available in lengths that worked well…
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Airflo Bonefish Ridge Line Review
Airflo’s Ridge lines are pretty popular in the freshwater fishing world. We’ve been hearing about their bonefish line for a while now, and last month we got the chance to try one out at Andros South. Let’s start at the very beginning. What’s A Ridge Line? It’s a fly line made by Airflo that has…
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Airflo Skagit Compact – From The Source
Tom Larimer is more than a good buddy of ours – he’s one of the top handful of guides in the Northwest, and he also hosts a couple of trips each year to Alaska West and BC West. Tom also happens to have worked directly with Tim Rajeff at Airflo on the design of their…
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