Thanks to Poppy at the Redshed Fly Shop I was able to implement the try before you buy plan and try a couple Airflo Skagit Scout heads and a 10′ OPST Micro Spey floating tip. I picked the Airflo Skagit Scout as opposed to the OPST Commando head because I wanted to use a little […]
Author: Tim Rawlins
Rio In Touch Single Hand Spey Line Test Cast and Fish.
I had the chance to pick up a brand new #5 Rio In Touch Single Hand Spey Line. I laced it up to a 9′ for #5 single hand Cabelas fly rod to give it a test drive using a rod length mono running line and a small wooly bugger. Its not quite as easy […]
Skagit Casting Troubles? Try a high, slow, sweep…
I recently tried the Airflo Skagit FIST 510 grain head on my Beaulah Classic 12’6″ and found it to be a little fussy to cast compared to my floating Scandinavian shooting heads or floating Skagit heads with 10 to 15′ sink tips. I spent a little time getting used to the FIST with a […]
Random Spey Casting Tips
I had an opportunity to watch Tom Larimer’s Skagit Revolution instructional video this weekend and I was very impressed. My casting does not resemble his in most cases, partially because in the video he used only “sustained anchor” techniques, which is to say he did not do any touch and go casting. I have mostly […]
Kelly Galloup, Chad Johnson et al talk about Fishing for Big Trout with and without Spey Gear
Here are a couple of informative videos that have basically flown under the radar on the internet. They are very interesting for those of us interested in catching big trout with or without two handed gear. The Results are in! I prefer casting small Wooly-bugger sized flies. That’s right! The results are in for my highly […]
Jacking around with a Scandi head and Many Thanks to my Friends!
I needed to devote some time last week to physical fitness for my health’s sake so my time on the water was limited. The weather is warming up and more people are making their way into my parking places and it looks like I wont be enjoying the water by myself like I did all […]
Airflo Skagit F.I.S.T.
The Airflo F.I.S.T. line (Floater, Intermediate, Sink-Tip) is a new Skagit head that is roughly two thirds sinker. It enables us to fish fast runs more slowly, swing slowly in the cold, plus get deeper when needed…Peter Charles Hooked4life Fly Fishing full blown excellent Review! Here are a few random neural firings I experienced when I […]
Spey Casting – The Lift: Crescent, Spiral, Shotgun, with Heavy Sinktips or Floaters.
This is Me, doing my personal variations of a bastardized Crescent lift, a kind of a mini crescent lift or mini croissant if you are French or hungry, or both. I do a Single Spey Waggle, and one or two just lifting towards the bank. These might not be classified officially as a Crescent lift […]
Modern Scandinavian Spey Casting. Focusing on the lift.
I have been working on starting my cast with my hands lower and to the side, slowing down my lift considerably, sweeping at an incline, extending my bottom hand arm, mellowing out on my forward cast, keeping my hands more in front of me, using less top hand and more bottom hand on the forward […]
Jay Nicholas: Some Cool Slow Motion Spey Casting
Here is some nice slow motion Spey Casting by Jay Nicholas and his buddies somewhere on a river in Oregon: Jay is a Renowned fly tier, writer and fisherman who writes for The Caddis Fly: Oregon Fly fishing Blog He also has his own Website called Fishing with Jay. Jay is also featured in a […]