Dusted off the spey rod

[Irishrover]

Most of the year I spent gear fishing for salmon down near Astoria. Lots of fun and lots of fish. Now that winter is here and the boat is out of the water I figured it's time to hit the bank and bring out the spey rod. I went down to the Sandy and had a blast. Thank god for muscel memory. The cast were still there it took a few cast to bring it back but they did come back. The other thing that came bac was my fly ....at abouy 500mph. I got the big pink glob of feather that I tied and call a fly snagged in the bottom. I put a very strong effort into popping that thing loose. When it released from the bottom it came screaming right back toward my nose, I dodged and watched that fly sail up steam past my head to where it landed and snagged itself again. I was a wee bit more careful about retrieving the up stream snag!

 

[bigsteel]

Most of the year I spent gear fishing for salmon down near Astoria. Lots of fun and lots of fish. Now that winter is here and the boat is out of the water I figured it's time to hit the bank and bring out the spey rod. I went down to the Sandy and had a blast. Thank god for muscel memory. The cast were still there it took a few cast to bring it back but they did come back. The other thing that came bac was my fly ....at abouy 500mph. I got the big pink glob of feather that I tied and call a fly snagged in the bottom. I put a very strong effort into popping that thing loose. When it released from the bottom it came screaming right back toward my nose, I dodged and watched that fly sail up steam past my head to where it landed and snagged itself again. I was a wee bit more careful about retrieving the up stream snag!

lonn,I just got my first spey rod,let me k ow when you want to hit the river

 

[_RJ_]

Glad you were able to dodge that pink missile. I love me some spey rods. Almost all of last year I used a switch rod exclusively. I'm thinking of picking up a 5 or 4 weight spey rod for this summer.

 

[markasd]

Bought my self a set up to give spey rod fishing a go - love fly fishing steel, now time for some reach.

 

[n8r1]

lonn,I just got my first spey rod,let me k ow when you want to hit the river

Nice! I just picked one up last summer. They're a lot of fun even if you aren't catching!

 

[Irishrover]

lonn,I just got my first spey rod,let me k ow when you want to hit the river

So what did you get....what kind of set up?

 

[Irishrover]

The thing I like about the spey rod is the fun of casting. I can spend the day on the river without a hookup and still enjoy it. The hookup is gravy. Just watching other folks cast can be a treat. I haven't fished with Ninja in a while but that guy has the most relaxed cast with his switch rod. Seems like the line just shoots off the water and glides to a landing.

 

[bigsteel]

The thing I like about the spey rod is the fun of casting. I can spend the day on the river without a hookup and still enjoy it. The hookup is gravy. Just watching other folks cast can be a treat. I haven't fished with Ninja in a while but that guy has the most relaxed cast with his switch rod. Seems like the just shoots off the water and glides to a landing.

I picked up a 13' Ross reach 7 weight,I'm using my phleuger Trion til I can afford a bigger reel.

 

[OnTheFly]

The thing I like about the spey rod is the fun of casting. I can spend the day on the river without a hookup and still enjoy it. The hookup is gravy. Just watching other folks cast can be a treat. I haven't fished with Ninja in a while but that guy has the most relaxed cast with his switch rod. Seems like the just shoots off the water and glides to a landing.

Nice! I just picked one up last summer. They're a lot of fun even if you aren't catching!

Exactly!!! And Jimmy ninja is a spey casting wizard!

 

[ninja2010]

Thanks for the reminder, Lonn... Guess it's time to dust off my sticks and get back in the swing (hehe, pun intended).

 

[Irishrover]

Take your time dusting, you might have a day or to this rain might bring those creeks up a bit!