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Sunday, August 2. 2015

Spey Casting

For big water and salmon-sized, or bigger, fish. Fly fishing is a beautiful hobby, with no end of skills to acquire. Spey Casting, for example.


Have any readers enjoyed Salmon fishing?





Posted by Bird Dog in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 16:01 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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I live in the Pacific Northwest and have been Salmon fishing for almost 60 years, off boats in the salt, netting 'em up with my Indian - oops, Native American friends, off the banks of the mighty Skagit river, wading over rolling rocks in the foaming White River, you name it. Two years ago I learned Spey Casting and it's a lot of fun. You certainly can haul in more steelhead when you can fish where the brush won't let you back cast and heavy currents keep you hemmed in near the bank. Kinda sorts out the weaklings, too, those big rods are not for sissies.
#1 raincityjazz on 2015-08-02 16:35 (Reply)
When will the fisherman involved be hanged, drawn and quartered by the media for slaying "Cedric the Salmon", an especially gentle and popular fish with a beautiful family?
#2 Paddy on 2015-08-02 16:59 (Reply)
I used to fish for small-mouth in big white water rivers when I lived in WV: Cheat, Tygart, Big Sandy Creek etc. Strenuous, a bit dangerous, but fun and beautiful. Especially the wilderness stretches of the Tygart and Big Sandy. And small-mouth on a fly rod is always exciting.
#3 forest on 2015-08-02 17:38 (Reply)
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#4 Steve on 2015-08-02 18:58 (Reply)
Yeah, I caught a 21 lb black mouth Salmon in Puget Sound in the 1970's. Cleaned it, cut it up and gave it all away. Can't stand the taste of Salmon ... it's peasant food.
#5 Sven Svenvold on 2015-08-02 21:39 (Reply)
I fish for salmon in the rivers here in Oregon and I fished all over Alaska when I lived there. I can't say it is anything like the elegant sport of fly fishng. I used strong fishing gear and horse'd the fish onto the bank or into a net as quick as possible. I was lucky enough to see the world record fresh water salmon that was caught in the Kenai River, 1976 I think. I can't remember the weight but think it was 98 lbs I do remember the length was 6' 2" because that is my hieght. It was a big fish and hanging in front of the lodge just off the Kenai highway on the banks of the river. I think that record was beaten some years later. I love salmon and always ate everything I caught. Every year in early June I start looking for Copper River salmon in the supermarkets, best tasting salmon (if it's fresh).
#6 GoneWithTheWind on 2015-08-02 22:50 (Reply)
Mastering a spey rod takes much time and effort, but it is worth it on the big western rivers. I think I put in over 100 (solo) hours with a spey rod before I ventured to the river in the company of other fisherman.
#7 rocdoctom on 2015-08-03 10:36 (Reply)
At 2 minutes in the guy had not thrown a cast.

I clicked off and went on to my next website of interest.

[b]Boring.
#8 Paul A'Barge on 2015-08-04 07:11 (Reply)

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