I had the opportunity to fish and cast with the OPST Commando head coupled with a 10’ Micro Skagit floating head and I had a ball. I don’t necessarily recommend this set up as ideal because the heavy body pretty much overpowered the dainty tip but it was fun to play with put together some […]
Author: Tim Rawlins
A Soulful Pursuit by Derek Wiley…Some Dandy Chrome Hookups!
Here is a very well done video presentation that needs, and deserves some love. I think you will enjoy it. I did. And I know it took a ton of work!
Sink Tips on a One hander with Airflo Skagit Scout
These are great little shooting heads for single hand spey casting of any kind. They can handle moderate tips and modest flies using sustained anchor or touch and go techniques but don’t expect to cast huge tips or large heavily weighted flies. An experienced caster can pull it off but its a lot of work […]
Single Hand casting the Airflo Skagit Scout & OPST Micro Tip
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 […]
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 […]