Anglers Journal

The Armchair Angler

Trout Spey & the Art of the Swing

By Steven Bird

Swing the Fly Press

From America’s premier spey-casting magazine, Swing the Fly, comes the new authority of trout spey fishing. Typically viewed as an Atlantic and Pacific salmon tactic, spey casting uses two-handed rods, shooting line and even the surface tension of a river to throw a fly the great distances needed to reach the many holding lies of a big river.

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