The spey rod helped Turek make a 90-degree switch in the casting direction of the fly line, a difficult task with a fly rod. "You could do somewhat the same thing with a conventional fly rod by making ...

Spey casting was developed in Scotland as a way to make long casts to fish on big rivers with little room to backcast. The name for the sport comes from the River Spey, where the technique originated ...

Traditional Spey fishing is closely associated with steelhead, salmon, and big rivers. It's a popular fly fishing technique in the Pacific Northwest that requires long rods, special lines, and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It required 150 years, give or take, allowing for memory lapses from too much single malt, for the stylized casting technique to travel from the River Spey ...

• Castaway Fly Shop ( castawayflyfishingshop.com),1114 North 4th St. in Coeur d’Alene, has two casual freebie activities to help fly fishers improve: Two-hand Tuesdays: Casting practice with Spey or ...

MOUNT VERNON — A group of hardy fly fishermen took to the icy banks of the Skagit River one recent morning to try their hands at Spey casting. And, maybe as a by-product of their endeavors, hook a ...

Fly rods have their limitations, one of which is that they are not good for long casts on streams where there is a lot of current. Yet, the Scots were undaunted by these challenges. They experimented ...

Matt Jordan, of Gnesen Township, rips his line across the water while demonstrating the technique of casting with a small spey rod. The annual Brule Spey Day is set for Sept. 9 with demonstrations, ...

Imagine a fly rod with virtually no back cast and the ability to shoot line clear across the river. It's a set up that rarely gets tangled, requires little strength or effort - a place where the ...

While fly fishing the Missouri River a few years ago, a friend of mine — close enough to be funny and frank at the same time — called from upstream and said, “Did anyone ever mention you cast like an ...