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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Spey
Need a Pre-Game Warmup?
We have a whole bunch of folks headed to Alaska West and BC West this summer, looking forward to chasing king salmon and steelhead making spey casts with two-handed rods. We’ll have some of the best spey instructors in the world on site during our spey schools, but some (very wise) anglers may want to…
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It’s All About the Sweep
Brian Niska continues his series of spey fishing tips, taking us step-by-step through the elements of a spey cast. The topic of the day is the sweep, and in spey casting there is no topic more important. It’s All About the Sweep The sweep is the part of the speycast where rod load is generated,…
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Even Spey Casting Looks Cool
You’ve seen quite a few pictures from Louis Cahill around these parts. We like working with Louis. He’s a great guy, and he tells a good story, and he makes even dorky things like spey casting look cool. More Cool Stuff from Louis Little Water, Big Bend Bonefish Magazine A Little Overcast
Loaded
Jim Palmersheim is one of our rock solid guides at Alaska West. He also knows his way around a spey rod, as evidenced by the massive amount of load being generated by Jim’s very relaxed stroke above. We talk a lot about our guest spey instructors, and Ed Ward‘s long history guiding with us, but…
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The White Rabbit
See that little frothy bit of water over there on the right? That’s called The White Rabbit. He’s a pretty important part of spey casting. See that guy over there on the left? His name’s Charles St. Pierre. He’s part of our ridiculous lineup of spey instructors at Alaska West. He’ll be teaching our guests…
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Setting Up for the Sweep
It’s time for the next in our series of spey casting tips from Brian Niska. Any time we need to run something about spey casting, we call Brian and he just rattles this stuff off – just think how much you could learn if you joined him for a week of instruction at Alaska West….
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Lettin’ One Fly
Just a cool perspective on spey casting, courtesy of Cameron Miller and Charles St. Pierre. More on Spey Casting Charles’ King Rig Cast, Then Step Sage 8134-4 Z-Axis
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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Start With a Lift
Brian Niska’s back today with the next in his series of spey casting tips. Brian owns Whistler Fly Fishing, and he’s teaching spey casting at Alaska West and BC West this summer – drop us a line if you’d like to learn from the best in the business. Start Your Cast With a Lift Want…
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