Luminaries of the spey casting world will gather at the Lenore Rest Stop along the Clearwater River at 9 a.m. Saturday to revel in all things associated with two-handed fly rods and fishing for the ...

Matt Jordan, of Gnesen Township, rips his line across the water while demonstrating the technique of casting with a small spey rod. The annual Brule Spey Day is set for Sept. 9 with demonstrations, ...

Minneapolis - If you live long enough, the past comes 'round and meets the future, completing a circle. So it is with Bob Nasby, the St. Paul fly fisherman and casting instructor. Perhaps also, Nasby ...

Longer casts mean more water - and more fish - for a steelhead fly angler. So it's no surprise that many who fish on the Lower Deschutes are using 12- to 15-foot spey rods, with which they can cast ...

Bad weather can often lead to good fishing. I crawled out of my bed in a Grand Rapids hotel and looked out the large sliding glass doors. It's mid-April in Michigan, but it looked like winter, with ...

In 2018, my fishing tackle interests, which shift more sporadically than a kid in a candy store, turned toward Spey fishing, ...

Traditional Spey fishing is closely associated with steelhead, salmon, and big rivers. It's a popular fly fishing technique in the Pacific Northwest that requires long rods, special lines, and ...

Spey equipment isn't hard to find. Wade said Spey-type leaders typically have a larger butt than standard trout leaders, but he finds a regular 9-foot trout leader on an 8x rod "will fish dries or ...

The rise of Spey fishing is generating new interest in making Spey casts with single-handed rods. After all, being able to cast without a back cast opens up a lot of new fishing possibilities. Spey ...

Spey anglers, those who prefer two-handed fly rods, are having a good run of late on Idaho's Clearwater River. Kyriacos Panayiotou, of McCall, landed a 41-inch steelhead while swinging flies Oct. 6.