Media Summary: Ask most anglers about leader length off of a sinktip and they'll say "3 feet". Not only do short leaders negatively affect our Over the past ten years or so, the trend in Skagit heads is for them to get shorter and shorter. Unfortunately too many of us substitute muscle for technique when trying to make a forward

Efficient Spey Casting Part 6 - Detailed Analysis & Overview

Ask most anglers about leader length off of a sinktip and they'll say "3 feet". Not only do short leaders negatively affect our Over the past ten years or so, the trend in Skagit heads is for them to get shorter and shorter. Unfortunately too many of us substitute muscle for technique when trying to make a forward In this business every few years something new comes out that gets touted as the greatest thing since sliced bread. If we're not ... Jon Hazlett at the Ashland Fly Shop explains the '180 Degree Rule' - Your 'D Loop' and your 'Forward The simplest thing any Spey caster can do to immediately improve their

Creeping is an insidious problem as anglers don't feel it happening. Their only clue is a massive amount of energy poured into a ... Sometimes it's useful to see the logic other people put into their In this wrap up we'll go over the most important issues that

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Efficient Spey Casting: Part 6 -  Long Leaders for Better Spey Casting
Efficient Spey Casting:  Part 2 - How a D-Loop Loads a Rod & Why Skagit & Scandi Are Different.
Efficient Spey Casting: Part 10 - Generate Casting Power with by Using Your Body More than Your Arms
Efficient Spey Casting:  Part 3 - Let's take a look at Spey casting Skagit heads and their D-Loops
Efficient Spey Casting: Part 9 - How to Develop a High Efficiency Power Stroke
Efficient Spey Casting: Part 28 -Beware of Fly Fishing Fashion Statements
Spey Casting With Jon - The 180 Degree Rule
Efficient Spey Casting: Part 27 - Effective mending is essential to good swung fly presentation
Efficient Spey Casting: Part 14 - Why Overhang Works when it looks like it should not
Efficient Spey Casting:  Part 7 -  Watch Your Anchor! If you're looking for a quick fix, this is it!
Efficient Spey casting: Part 20 - The Creeping Problem, why it ruins casting and what to do about it
Efficient Spey Casting: Part 29 - Here's a look at the lines I use and why I select them
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Efficient Spey Casting: Part 6 -  Long Leaders for Better Spey Casting

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 6 - Long Leaders for Better Spey Casting

Ask most anglers about leader length off of a sinktip and they'll say "3 feet". Not only do short leaders negatively affect our

Efficient Spey Casting:  Part 2 - How a D-Loop Loads a Rod & Why Skagit & Scandi Are Different.

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 2 - How a D-Loop Loads a Rod & Why Skagit & Scandi Are Different.

Buy a two handed

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 10 - Generate Casting Power with by Using Your Body More than Your Arms

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 10 - Generate Casting Power with by Using Your Body More than Your Arms

Most people when

Efficient Spey Casting:  Part 3 - Let's take a look at Spey casting Skagit heads and their D-Loops

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 3 - Let's take a look at Spey casting Skagit heads and their D-Loops

Over the past ten years or so, the trend in Skagit heads is for them to get shorter and shorter.

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 9 - How to Develop a High Efficiency Power Stroke

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 9 - How to Develop a High Efficiency Power Stroke

Unfortunately too many of us substitute muscle for technique when trying to make a forward

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 28 -Beware of Fly Fishing Fashion Statements

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 28 -Beware of Fly Fishing Fashion Statements

In this business every few years something new comes out that gets touted as the greatest thing since sliced bread. If we're not ...

Spey Casting With Jon - The 180 Degree Rule

Spey Casting With Jon - The 180 Degree Rule

Jon Hazlett at the Ashland Fly Shop explains the '180 Degree Rule' - Your 'D Loop' and your 'Forward

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 27 - Effective mending is essential to good swung fly presentation

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 27 - Effective mending is essential to good swung fly presentation

Yes, I k now, mending isn't

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 14 - Why Overhang Works when it looks like it should not

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 14 - Why Overhang Works when it looks like it should not

Experienced

Efficient Spey Casting:  Part 7 -  Watch Your Anchor! If you're looking for a quick fix, this is it!

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 7 - Watch Your Anchor! If you're looking for a quick fix, this is it!

The simplest thing any Spey caster can do to immediately improve their

Efficient Spey casting: Part 20 - The Creeping Problem, why it ruins casting and what to do about it

Efficient Spey casting: Part 20 - The Creeping Problem, why it ruins casting and what to do about it

Creeping is an insidious problem as anglers don't feel it happening. Their only clue is a massive amount of energy poured into a ...

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 29 - Here's a look at the lines I use and why I select them

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 29 - Here's a look at the lines I use and why I select them

Sometimes it's useful to see the logic other people put into their

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 30 - Wrapping up the series with a review of the most important issues

Efficient Spey Casting: Part 30 - Wrapping up the series with a review of the most important issues

In this wrap up we'll go over the most important issues that