When faced with medium to larger and wider sized trout fishing waters, Trout Spey can often be the easiest, funnest, and most efficient way to cover water. While there are a range of tactics to cover such water, bringing an All Around Rig is the best place to start, as it’s balanced setup accommodates a number of go-to applications from swinging moderately sized streamers to surface level swings of soft hackles when bug life is more prevalent.

When looking for an all around trout spey line, the integrated Elite Trout Spey is the line of choice. With an intentionally balanced profile, perfect for soft hackles on up to moderate streamers, and fully integrated running line, the Elite Trout Spey creates a seamless spey experience with no added rigging or bulky connection knots to get hung-up in guides. Built with ConnectCore Plus, this low-stretch core also provides incredible sensitivity, enhanced strike detection, and quick hooksets on subtle mid-swing grabs and sneaky hang-down “nibbles”. Also available in shooting head only version.

The ultimate versatile leader system for quickly adjusting sink rate on the end of shooting heads #4 and lighter, allowing anglers to adjust fishing depth without changing fly lines. Simply loop the VersiLeader onto to the end of the head to adjust the depth at which the fly is presented in the water column. Combine with Fluoroflex Strong tippet for high knot strength and a smooth finish that ensures knots seat easily and tightly. The high break strength to diameter ratio makes this a fantastic fluorocarbon for the trout spey fly fisher.

With the rising popularity of trout spey, so too has come new innovations in flies designed around the application. Often a combination of trout streamers mixed with swung steelhead fly patterns, the result has been patterns perfected around the ultimate trout swing. Flashy and flowy material attract curious trout while light and slimmer profiles allow flies to drop quickly in the water column.