As McCune demonstrated the double spey cast, he nearly laid the rod tip in the water on his upstream side as his arms crossed. From there he swept the rod tip around to his downstream shoulder, ...

Imagine a fly rod with virtually no back cast and the ability to shoot line clear across the river. It's a set up that rarely gets tangled, requires little strength or effort - a place where the ...

It required 150 years, give or take, allowing for memory lapses from too much single malt, for the stylized casting technique to travel from the River Spey to mainstream fly-fishing America. But like ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a scene in the movie “A River Runs Through It” where the stand-in for actor Brad Pitt, Jerry Siem, is casting his fly line in a perfect candy cane loop while standing on a rock in the middle ...

Spey casting is a fly-fishing style that requires a two-handed rod, and usually uses a casting technique best described as a modified roll cast. The rods are typically 12- to 15-feet long, and the ...