Fly rods have their limitations, one of which is that they are not good for long casts on streams where there is a lot of current. Yet, the Scots were undaunted by these challenges. They experimented ...

Spey casting was developed in Scotland as a way to make long casts to fish on big rivers with little room to backcast. The name for the sport comes from the River Spey, where the technique originated ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

Flyfishing with a spey rod on the Salmon River. Zack Brooks, of Pittsford, shows Outdoors Editor David Figura how to flyfish using a spey rod on the Salmon River. The two-handed rod is much longer ...

While fly fishing the Missouri River a few years ago, a friend of mine — close enough to be funny and frank at the same time — called from upstream and said, “Did anyone ever mention you cast like an ...