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Feb 07 2022

Deneki Chronicles: Spey Fishing for Trout – Tactics

In this week’s Deneki Chronicles we revisit Spey Fishing Tactics for Trout, specifically patterns. Give it a read before your trip to Alaska to tag some Big Rainbow Trout. Trout spey tactic #427: Put the wood to ’em. Photo: Cameron Miller   In the past couple of weeks we’ve covered why we think you should…
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Jan 24 2022

Deneki Chronicles: The Importance of the ‘Engagement Range’ When Swinging Flies

George Cook on understanding engagement range in the spey theater

This week’s Deneki Chronicles features a friend of Deneki Outdoors, George Cook. In this post, George gives us some quality insight into the importance of the ‘Engagement Range.’ We like the “time on the water” portion of the post. Our good friend and legendary rep for some of the most respected brands in the biz,…
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Aug 11 2021

Gear Review: GLoomis IMX PRO 51111-4

If you haven’t noticed, we are fans of the GLoomis IMX Pro ShortSpey rods. You can read a review we did here about the 71111-4. One of our team members recently had the opportunity to demo the GLoomis IMX PRO 51111-4, and it did not disappoint. Here is the Setup: Rod: GLoomis IMX PRO 51111-4…
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Aug 19 2020

Trout Spey in Alaska? Sure, why not?

Fishing with Spey rods is fun, anyone who likes to cast double-hand rods would agree. Since the introduction of modern Spey rod fishing, the technique and gear have evolved and gotten better over time. As part of this evolution, Switch rods were introduced in the early 2000s to blend single-hand casting and two hand casts…
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Aug 17 2020

Swinging for Naknek Rainbows – Video

Spey fishing for Naknek rainbow trout

Fall on the Naknek River, home to our Rapids Camp Lodge, is a trout-spey angler’s dream. In fact, we’d go so far as to say you’d be hard pressed to find a better river to chase trophy-sized resident trout with spey rods anywhere else in the world. How good could it really be you ask?…
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Dec 17 2019

Swinging For Winter Trout? Give It A Twitch!

When we talk about swinging flies, most people initially think of anadromous fish like wild Steelhead or King Salmon.  Another species we like to chase in the winter with our two handed rods are resident trout.  Despite the cold water temperatures in wintertime causing the metabolism of a trout to slow down, they are still…
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Nov 16 2018

George Cook on the Importance of ‘Engagement Range’ When Swinging Flies

George Cook on understanding engagement range in the spey theater

Our good friend and legendary sales rep for some of the most respected brands in the biz, George Cook, has been at the forefront of modern spey fishing since the beginning. Simply put, he’s been swinging flies for steelhead, sea-run browns, resident trout, and everything in-between long before it was cool. So, when he’s willing…
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Nov 14 2018

G. Loomis IMX-PRO Short Spey 71111-4 Review

G. Loomis IMX-PRO Short Spey 71111-4 steelhead

Over the past six months, we’ve been fortunate to swing flies for everything from dime bright king salmon, to feisty wild steelhead, to some of the largest native resident rainbow trout in the world. That’s allowed us to put some of the latest and greatest spey gear to the test, in full hopes that we…
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Oct 06 2018

Swinging Flies – 3 Random Tips

Swinging flies

Its no secret that swinging flies on spey rods is one of our favorite ways to fish. We know that its many of yours too, which is largely why we’ve put together a whole bunch of tip articles on spey fishing on our blog, and today we thought we add a few more. Enjoy! Feel…
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Aug 29 2018

Best Fly Lines for Trout Spey – North 40 Video

the best fly lines for trout spey - north 4 video

Last week we shared a video from our friends over at North 40 Fly Shop featuring George Cook on the particulars of choosing a proper spey rod for trout. If you missed it, be sure to give it a watch by clicking right here. A few days ago, they released another great from their latest…
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