The spey rod helped Turek make a 90-degree switch in the casting direction of the fly line, a difficult task with a fly rod. "You could do somewhat the same thing with a conventional fly rod by making ...

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 ...

The modern-day trout angler has a vast array of fly rods to choose from. As someone who’s spent far too much time in fly shops looking at and thinking about all these options, I understand how ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ Spey's the way. Tired of traditional one-handed fly-fishing — in itself a difficult, delicate art — some anglers in the Northwest are turning to Spey rods, rods so long they ...

This fall, fly fisherman Phil Gonzales landed the biggest rainbow trout of his life while tossing a lure with a spinning rod. Fort Peck Reservoir isn’t known as a trout fishery, although it does hold ...

The natural evolution in fly fishing is starting with a single-handed fly rod of roughly nine feet long and learning to do a simple forward cast, then double haul and finally, line management and back ...

Finding the right trout rod can be a giant pain. Most of the spinning rods you’ll find on the market were designed for bass fishing or trolling. These rods are usually too heavy, long, or stiff for ...