Learning to cast from your core is a must for anyone learning speycasting. Especially as we get older. Elbows flying around will result in pain at some point with any caster. It gets worse as lines and rods get longer. And yes rowing is exactly the same, I have to remind myself of this at times doing multi day floats. I also do two hand competition casting and so far no issues with shoulders. Fingers crossed.
Let’s start a trout spey thread
- Thread starter Bob Rankin
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I don’t use an intermediate line, but I do use a sink 2 head built by Godshall to dig deep.
I tried the integrated line and just didn’t like it. It doesn’t cast as well as a straight up Skagit head in my opinion. I do switch heads now and again trout fishing. I’m with Clarkman on the strip aggressively back.
I usually just start a section or river like I would fishing steelhead, starting with the leader out, then working out to my casting length, then start working through the run. I try and get a sideways presentation of the fly as it moves across. Where I fish it seems to work really well. At the end of the drift I strip to the head incase a fish followed it and needs a little extra. I’m not to concerned about stripping all the way the back in. But that’s just me.
While I think using spey gear for trout is dumb and something I just fail to get its what's great about this sport. Lots of ways to enjoy getting on the water. So good on you guys. But just don't ever ask to spey cast off the bow of my skiff.....lol. It don't work too well.
It's actually easier off the bow than the stern. But it can be done.
So true. I try to pin my elbow by my side, especially when I find myself chopping wood with that arm.
Ontheswing
Smolt
I’ve seemed to slowly transition all of my single hand trout fishing into two handers. This includes the salt. Heck, I even wanna start using them for dries more in the summer. I remember being out on a wide section of the Missouri once and seeing a huge pod of fish sipping bugs in the middle of the river. I had a single hander and kept coming up just short of getting to them. It would have been awesome to have a trout Spey to get the extra distance needed.
The following Burkies,. 4114, 5155, and for larger fall run browns, the 6128. Looking to add a 3110 Meiser. I primarily use Guideline 3Ds on the 4114, a Commando Smooth w/ tips on the 5115, and Nextcast Costal 3Ds on the 6128.
FindingFly
Smolt
FindingFly
Smolt
As for the trout spey bug, I'm still waiting to catch it. I do enjoy throwing the spey lite heads from SA on single handers from time to time with streamers. And the single hand spey line from Rio is a really nice line for swinging smaller wets, that can still overhead cast well. This thread is adding motivation to give it a proper chance!
G_Smolt
Legend
Hi B, didn't see you here until just now. Welcome, looking forward to your input on all things 2hand.
Mark
jkdurden
It’s all about the size of your D.
Hi…I’m JD and I’m a Spey addict.
But you have to want to change…and I don’t. Started trout Spey about five years ago. Haven’t looked back. I love fishing a two handed rod. I have a full quiver of Sage One’s Spey/Switch from 2-8. I also have a fairly full quiver of Sage X single-handed rods. All get used in Spey casting. I love to fish…not just to cast. (For the record) I enjoy looking around once I have the swing set how I like it. For me, I find it much more fun than watching an indicator. That said…if it’s 2pm and I’ve not felt a single tug; I’ll switch to dries or indicators to get rid of the skunk.
When I am fishing on a skiff I am sight fishing. Spey casting spooks every fish in the county. Anybody wants to do so on their boat is fine by me but its verbotten on my skiff.....lol
There is no one cast for everything.
There are times I wish I loved swinging flies more than I do (I just happen to be more of a stripper) because those Orvis Mission's are damn sweet rods. I think if I did more straight up swinging, I'd probably have a steelhead version and a trout version in my quiver.
Stripper?…
You know....vs. swinger....
