Comments on: If you don’t Spey, don’t start.

By: Stuck on Fly fishing stickers |

Stuck on Fly fishing stickers | — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:26:03 +0000

[...] to be even more prone to the practice of decorating with decals than any other group of peoples, except maybe surfers. But I digress. Even with fly fishing folks it’s a generalization that all are [...]

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Fly fishing and golf: Kindred spirits? « — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:02:39 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:51:33 +0000

Thanks for the comments, Andrew. Obviously I couldn’t agree more. It’s a good thing casting a two-hander for the sake of casting is so enjoyable ’cause around these parts there’s a lot more casting than catching…for me anyway!

By: Andrew Bennett

Andrew Bennett — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:14:40 +0000

Man, you hit the nail on the head. What a great read. I often tell people who don’t yet have the two-handed sickness that “no seriously – that actual casting is fun – no really, if there were no fish in the river it would still be fun to actually make good casts and just fish the water”. How ridiculous is that?

By: Backcast: The year in review «

Backcast: The year in review « — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:13:56 +0000

[...] February. My daughter’s car (or, rather, the car that I allow my daughter to use) was long overdue for some new tires. Having failed the penny test by a long shot, I probably should have gotten them month’s earlier because we had over 2 feet of snow in December 2008 and her car was incapable of gaining any traction during that time. The good side of this is that the car sat safely idle in the garage instead of being stuck in a ditch somewhere because of the false sense of security good tires might have provided a young driver with no snow-driving experience. But the silver lining in all of this is that by procrastinating on the purchase, I was able to take advantage of Free Beef at Les Schwab Tire Centers (BTW, I chose the steaks and they were excellent). This year my Jeep will need new shoes. Luckily we’re having a mild winter with no snow at the time of this writing, so I should be able to hold out until Free Beef month. What does this have to do with fly fishing? Well, Les Schwab started his tire business in Prineville, Oregon in 1952. Prineville is in Central Oregon, and Central Oregon is chock full of tremendous fly fishing waters. More directly pertaining to fly fishing, I ventured out on the Skykomish for the first time with a double-handed rod in February, and the only thing I caught was a heaping portion of humble pie. I quickly learned to embrace and love the Perry Poke – perhaps the single best technique in the arsenal of a noob Spey caster because it allows one to bail out of a botched cast and still save face, maybe. Remember: If you don’t Spey, don’t start. [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:47:01 +0000

Thanks! I’ll be writing about the semi story for my other writing gig and will let you know when it comes out. It involves the Florida Keys and a drag scorching run by a Peterbilt…those things are fast and can strip you in a matter of seconds….LOL!

Rob

By: admin

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:28:41 +0000

Rob, first off I dig the title of your blog (we my be kindred spirits). The thought of you hooking a semi invokes a variety of mental images.
Not to encourage the expenditure of monies or emotional suffering, you might find a switch rod to your liking ; ) Thanks for chiming in.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:41 +0000

Hilarious post! Even though i’m a saltwater guy who doesn’t know the joys of stream fishing, i can safely say that the world of spey is safe from me. i can hardly cast one handed, let alone 2 handed, and by looking at my stack of busted gear due to my backcast getting hung up on rocks….or mangrove branches or even the always popular 18 wheeler speeding by, i don’t think i could afford a foray of new gear, lest my pile of busted gear grow in stature and expense….although, in some cases, a 2 handed stripping as fast as you can technique would come in handy on some wary barracuda or tarpon…..

By: admin

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:57:07 +0000

Mark, letting your friend use your switch rod was irresponsible and was wreckless.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:40:25 +0000

I feel really bad about letting my best friend use my switch rod over the weekend.

A few hours later the only words that came out of his mouth were, “single handed casting sucks,” and “how much did this cost?”

I too am a recent convert and it has opened up another realm of the fly fishing universe…a very expensive realm.