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[golfnut23]

Just wondering if any one nows what exactly spey fishing is, its a type like drifting or barfishing, i think, or i could be missimformed, any help would be nice thanks.

[Floater]

Spey is a type of fly fishing using a heavier rod and different casting technique. I also believe the drift of your fly is a bit different than regular fly fishing.

[Fish Assassin]

Different from traditional flyfishing in that you are using a longer two handed rod with different casting technique.

[BwiBwi]

Isn't it a type of roll cast?

[Fish Assassin]

Isn't it a type of roll cast?

Yup

[golfnut23]

thanks for the help

[Steelhead King]

Spey casting is a form of fly casting ( roll cast) generally done with a 2 handed rod " spey rod" and fish with a swing fly instead of cast and retrive.   You can actually perform they same style of casting by using a single handed fly rod too. 

[newsman]

I was given an 18 foot greenhart that was part of a matched that belonged to General Nole Money and his fishing partner. The thing is heavy, took it out once and got a sore back trying to cast the thing. I find a good single hander to be much more user freindly.

[BwiBwi]

But I think even a single handler your might still want to use a 10' or 12'er.

[Steelhead King]

BwiBwi, the length of rod don't really matter, a normal 9' work just fine.  Actually, lots of trout fishing guide down south, start using this method. They find its much eaiser to control the direction of cast, faster reaction to the rising fish and they can fish some prime water with no back casting room.  The down side to this single hand spey method, only works on floating line or a very slow tip.

[golfnut23]

so have you guys tried spey fishing with some good luck

[BwiBwi]

It's just a way of casting in drifting current. Not really a special fishing method.

[Steelhead King]

ITs nothing speical, just cast your fly in the current and let it swing... but to master the spey casting is a totally different story..  BTW, Anglers West going to host another spey clave soon and i will info you guys later.

[Stone]

Actually, I have found double hand casting to be very "user friendly", if by that you mean relatively easy to acquire the skill.  If you have a good basic understanding of single hand fly casting, you will be able to pick up double hand casting without much problems.  The first few times that I was out with a spey rod, I was able to double spey or snap-t the head of my spey line...which is roughly 65'.  It took me a LOT longer to be able to cast 65' with my single hander when I was first starting out a long time ago.  Many people on the water can't even cast 65' effectively.  So in my books, spey casting can be learned relatively easily if you already have good fly casting skills.  Just don't expect to be shooting running line the first few times out.

There's several advantages to double handers.  1) You don't need a lot of room behind you for a back cast...so brushy riverbanks are no problem.  I heard that using the newer RIO Skagit lines virtually doesn't need any room behind you for the D loop.  2) Your fly spends a lot more time on the water, and usually that means you stand a chance of hooking more fish.  Spey casting is very efficient.  Instead of flase casting and stripping your line, you do a simple modified roll cast and your fishing again.  3) The longer spey rods offer lots of line control and control while fighting big fish.  You can do large mends more easily to control your presentation.  4) Casting a spey rod and fighting big fish with spey rods are a lot easier on the body than on a single hander.  Your shoulders and arms will thank you for it.  I refuse to play large springs and chrome chums on my single handers.  I only fish for them exclusively on my spey rod.  5) It's just plain cool. 

Of course, spey rods are not very effective in slack water where there is no current to drift your fly.  You can cast and strip a spey rod setup, but their large size makes them feel unwieldy when used in this manner.  But for fishing large salmon and steelhead on the flow...there's nothing else like it.  I'm still relatively new to double hand casting myself...but I'm having a great time learning and catching fish with it.

[itosh]

My question is what does a spey caster do when they are fishing a run with current and the fish are NOT enticed by a dead drifted/swung fly?  Does it become a hinderance to "spey" cast, drift, swing, retrieve, let out a bunch of line and repeat?  Would one be better off having a single hander in the above mentioned scenario??