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 many rivers in this part of the world, the banks in many places are very steep and lined with trees with little room for a backcast. Anglers needed a way to deliver the fly to the Atlantic salmon that swam in the currents and were out of reach with a conventional cast or a roll cast, so the spey rod was born. And along with it various casting methods that are now referred to as spey casts. The method of casting was used on this and many other rivers located in Western Europe in pursuit of the Atlantic salmon, one of the most highly sought after game fish of past and present times. Spey casting became the dominant method of fishing for Atlantic salmon and, in fact, became synonymous with Atlantic salmon. To this day, the spey rod is the primary tool used to fly fish for Atlantic salmon in many rivers in Western Europe and wherever they are found, including Canada and Russia. Prior to their recent resurgence in popularity, spey rods were little known outside of the Atlantic salmon fishing community. So regardless of the type of fish or water, you can thank the Atlantic salmon, a significant fish, for making it all possible.
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- Alaska
- Guide & Fisherman
- Guiding: Choosing Your Guide And Choosing Your Customer
- Guiding: Do It Yourself With A Guide
- Guiding: Evolution Of A Guide
- Guiding: Freshwater, More Than Meets The Eye
- Guiding: Friends For Life
- Guiding: Know Where You Are
- Guiding: More Than Just A Fisherman
- Guiding: Mystery Of The Fisherman
- Guiding: Payment
- Guiding: Saltwater, A Different World
- Rough Fish
- Fly Fishing For Rough Fish: Why Do It?
- Introduced Rough Fish: The Carps & Other Invasive Species
- Methodology: Gear & Tactics For Pursuing Roughfish On A Fly
- More Roughfish: Bullheads, Whitefish, Goldeye, Burbot & Drum
- Rough Fish Environments: Where To Look For Rough Fish?
- Rough Fish Species: The Suckers
- Rough fish: A Lifetime Of Learning
- Rough Fish: Fishing For Dinosaurs (Gars & Bowfin)
- Rough Fish: What Are They?
- The Hook: Some Common Rough Fish Fly Patterns
- Spey
- Spey: Applications, Where Can You Do It?
- Spey: Atlantic Salmon, A Significant Fish
- Spey: Defined And Demystified
- Spey: Gear, The Nuts And Bolts
- Spey: Lines, They Are That Important
- Spey: Steelhead, New Traditions & A Modern Movement
- Spey: The Energy
- Spey: The Flies
- Spey: The Swing
- Spey: Two Critical Casts
- Striped Bass
- Striped Bass: Fishing Rocky Shorelines
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Beaches
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Flats
- Striped Bass: Fishing The Reefs
- Striped Bass: Fishing Tidal Rivers
- Striped Bass: Flatwing Swing
- Striped Bass: Fly Line Options & Choices
- Striped Bass: Gear, The Nuts & Bolts
- Striped Bass: Migration Patterns
- Striped Bass: What They Eat
- The Art Of Escape
- Fly Fishing: A Natural Drug
- Fly Fishing: A Validation Of Freedom
- Fly Fishing: Don’t Fight The Current
- Fly Fishing: It Is What It Is
- Fly Fishing: Socialization For Asocial Individuals
- Fly Fishing: The Allure Of The Fish
- Fly Fishing: The Art Of Escape
- Fly Fishing: The Simplicity Of It All
- Fly Fishing: Time Flies
- Fly Fishing: Times You Remember & Try To Forget