TROUT SEASON
TROUT SPEY

There is perhaps no better way to understand the intricate interplay between a perfectly matched rod and line than with spey casting. An over or undermatched spey rod feels dead in the hands, but find that Goldilocks-just-right pairing of shooting head and rod and you’ll gain a whole new understanding of effortless. For a long time, that casting Zen was the special purview of salmon and steelhead bums, but fortunately someone came to the brilliant realization that trout will eat flies cast with a spey rod, too.

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If you can swing it with a single-hander, you can swing it with a double-hander. The only difference is you can probably do it more effectively, at varying depths and at greater distances with the double-hander—and you don’t even need all that pesky space for a back cast. Soft hackles on a light floating line? Check. Muddlers on intermediate tips in frothy riffles? Double-check. Big streamers on sink tips in winter (and spring, and summer, and fall)? Be careful what you ask for. You may end up forgetting how a single-hander even works.
PERFECT SETUP | ALL AROUND TROUT SPEY

"Enter the TROUT SPEY HD. Sporting the Konnetic HD proprietary technology, these rods have the DNA. The TROUT SPEY HD 3 wt is the big dry fly/small streamer/soft hackle specialist. It’s light, has incredible feel, and like all Sage rods with Konnetic HD technology, tracks straighter throughout the casting stroke, improving accuracy and efficiency. I have it paired with the RIO Trout Spey 3 wt head, which is 265 grains at 22’. Attach at least a 12’ RIO Spey Leader or 10’ VersiLeader and off you go!" - Guide Jon Hazlett



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