Spey: Defined And Demystified
Spey Casting or Spey Fishing has a multifaceted definition that refers to both the type of fly casting and the type of rod used to make spey casts. In this article you will find a brief and straightforward explanation of both of these aspects of the spey casting method and style of fly fishing and...
Spey: Applications, Where Can You Do It?
There are many places where spey casting or spey fishing can be applied; the two most common applications are in medium sized to larger sized rivers for salmon and steelhead or fishing on foot for striped bass and bluefish in saltwater. There are many other applications for spey casting and places where a spey cast...
Spey: Gear, The Nuts And Bolts
What do you need to start spey fishing or spey casting? The essential gear to start is a spey rod in a weight and length best suited for your primary fishing, a good reel that balances correctly with the rod and that has a large capacity for a spey line and backing, and a spey...
Spey: Lines, They Are That Important
Spey lines, yes they are that important. Spey lines are almost more important than the spey rod you are using them on but in reality the two work in unison as a fluid machine. A spey line is like the high performance engine in the aerodynamic body of a sports car. A lower quality, lower...
Spey: Atlantic Salmon, A Significant Fish
The Atlantic salmon is extremely significant in the world of spey casting and spey fishing. If it weren’t for the Atlantic salmon, the spey cast and spey rod may never have been developed. The name spey comes from the river Spey in Scotland where the spey “style” of cast and spey rod were created. Like...
Spey: Steelhead, New Traditions & A Modern Movement
While the Atlantic salmon ushered in the beginning and origins of spey casting Steelhead define the current growth and modern developments of the sport. Without the steelhead, you may not be reading this article today. The popularity of spey casting in the United States is a result of the use of spey rods and spey...
Spey: The Flies
Spey flies, the term alone conjures up visions of elaborate and ornate patterns tied with elegant and exotic materials. The term “Spey Fly” comes from the original patterns developed for spey fishing on the river Spey hundreds of years ago. The spey fly had a few distinct characteristics that were indicative of fly designs of...
Spey: The Swing
Atlantic salmon brought about the origin of the spey cast. The Steelhead is largely responsible for the modern revolution. And the swing is what started it all. For many people, what it is all about today. The spey rod was specifically created for the wet fly swing method of fly fishing for Atlantic salmon. Without...
Spey: Two Critical Casts
For many spey casters, myself included, there are certain critical casts that become your go-to casts. These are the spey casts that you end up making the majority of the time and become the building blocks for future progression. They are the easiest to make and are effective at addressing most fishing situations. I am...
Spey: The Energy
Spey casting, or spey fishing; what is it all about? It is about so many different things both tangible and things that are created within our own minds and worlds. It is an energy of sorts that is so hard to describe. It isn’t just about the history or the cast or the rod or...