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Nov 12 2014

Splicing a Loop in Miracle Braid (or Backing)

Blind Loop in Miracle Braid

One of our favorite running lines for skagit style spey casting is Airflo’s Miracle Braid. It handles well in all conditions, shoots like a rocket, and better yet, it floats! Not to mention it sounds super cool as it zips through the guides. Creating a loop in Miracle Braid to attach to a skagit head or backing can be…
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Jun 23 2014

What’s Your Favorite Spey Running Line?

Running Line Poll

Most Skagit-style spey setups these days involve a separate running line – the thinner diameter line behind the head that isn’t involved in casting, but allows mending and line control and a ‘handle’ for you to pinch when you’re swinging your fly. We’ve written quite a bit about running lines here on the Deneki blog….
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Sep 05 2013

5 Ways to Avoid Tangles in Your Running Line

Tangled Running Line

One of the most frustrating things about fishing with any kind of shooting head system (spey casting Skagit heads comes to mind) is the tangling that inevitably, occasionally, happens in your running line.  You make what was otherwise a beautiful cast, it stops suddenly way short of its target, you say some bad words, and…
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Jul 18 2013

RIO GripShooter Review

Rio Gripshooter

It looks like RIO  has just changed the spey running line game with their new GripShooter line.  It’s running line that combines Slickshooter with a PVC coated ‘handling’ section at one end.  More details shortly – let’s start with the background. Background Spey and switch anglers who prefer mono running lines like them for a…
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Jul 06 2013

Try a Mono Running Line on Your Switch Rod

Mono Running Lines on Switch Rods-1

If you’ve read many of the posts about spey fishing on our blog, you know that a lot of Deneki-folk prefer mono running lines on our two-handed rods. There’s a lot of personal preference in running line choice for sure.  Mono running lines have some drawbacks  – notably a bit of a learning curve in…
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Aug 01 2011

Rotate Your Rod – Shooting Line

Rotate Your Rod

Last week we passed on a tip related to making longer spey casts with shooting heads – holding your loops in your top hand.  For those of you who like to huck, we’re following that up today with another tidbit that helps with easier casts at longer distances. This one comes from the world of…
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Jul 25 2011

Pinch Loops in Your Top Hand

Loops in Top Hand

Your fearless editor spent last week fishing two-handed rods for steelhead and chinook salmon at BC West on the Dean River.  We had a stellar group of folks at the lodge, including Michael White, Simms and Idylwilde rep for the Southern Rockies.  Whitey gave up another nice spey casting tip during the week, and we…
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Jun 23 2011

Try Some Rubber Tape!

Rubber Tape for Running Line

At Alaska West and BC West, lots of our anglers fish spey rods.  Most of the time we’re spey casting, we’re using Skagit-style heads.  Skagit heads require running line between the head and the backing, and for easy casting and line handling, lots of folks prefer using mono running lines. One problem with mono running…
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May 27 2011

Loops vs. Coils Demonstration

Loops vs Coils

Hopefully we sort out the ‘loops versus coils’ thing today! We’ve run a couple of posts in the past about holding your running line when you’re spey fishing, and one tip that we’ve mentioned is to hold loops, not coils of running line – two posts that mention the topic are this one with 3…
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Aug 20 2010

Running Line – Holding Loops

If you’re making long casts with a spey rod and a Skagit-style line system, you need to deal with loops of running line.  Skagit heads are short but casts can be long, and shooting 50 feet or more of running line happens all the time.  Unfortunately you can’t just strip all that line in and…
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