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During the SE Minnesota Fall Colors Rally I had a chance to attend a Spey Casting seminar on the Root River. The instructor's casts were consistently in the 70' to 80' range and some up to 100' plus. Pretty impressive but he has been using the Spey casting technique for 12 years and has a collection of 112 rods. The instructor recommended watching YouTube videos by Ed Ward.
Since the seminar I have been thinking about switching to this technique. I started doing some research and discovered that there are different types of Spey Casting. For me fly fishing with a split rod using a Skagit Spey technique seems to be the most versatile for the types of fishing I want to do which includes lakes, rivers, and streams (I'm from the land of 10,000 lakes.) If I understand correctly I would be able to cast further with less effort, use larger flies, wind would be less problematic, and the casting technique would be more compact. I also read that the downside to a split rod is that it's harder to learn Spey casting on a split rod than on a traditional Spey rod.
I'm looking for opinions on Spey Casting and split rods.
Of course switching to this type of fly fishing will require an investment. A new mattress for the 5th wheel and a six sided Clam quick set screen tent will probably win out over new fly fishing equipment. Hmm ... I wonder if there is a market for the fly fishing equipment I gave to DH six years ago and is still sitting in the unopened boxes? After six years I think it safe to say that I'm not going to convert him to fly fishing.
The Root River runs through Lanesboro and SE Minnesota. The river has brook, brown, and rainbow trout as well as rock bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish, crappies and catfish. Attached is a picture of the Root River near the dam in Lanesboro. While I was there the fishing conditions were excellent.
Since the seminar I have been thinking about switching to this technique. I started doing some research and discovered that there are different types of Spey Casting. For me fly fishing with a split rod using a Skagit Spey technique seems to be the most versatile for the types of fishing I want to do which includes lakes, rivers, and streams (I'm from the land of 10,000 lakes.) If I understand correctly I would be able to cast further with less effort, use larger flies, wind would be less problematic, and the casting technique would be more compact. I also read that the downside to a split rod is that it's harder to learn Spey casting on a split rod than on a traditional Spey rod.
I'm looking for opinions on Spey Casting and split rods.
Of course switching to this type of fly fishing will require an investment. A new mattress for the 5th wheel and a six sided Clam quick set screen tent will probably win out over new fly fishing equipment. Hmm ... I wonder if there is a market for the fly fishing equipment I gave to DH six years ago and is still sitting in the unopened boxes? After six years I think it safe to say that I'm not going to convert him to fly fishing.
The Root River runs through Lanesboro and SE Minnesota. The river has brook, brown, and rainbow trout as well as rock bass, smallmouth bass, sunfish, crappies and catfish. Attached is a picture of the Root River near the dam in Lanesboro. While I was there the fishing conditions were excellent.