headscan Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Anyone else take a look at the Alberta Spey article in the latest issue of Canadian Fly Fisher? The cover story no less... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Big fan of Elliot (guy on cover)...he's a hell of a guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headscan Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Never met him myself. A lot of the points he makes about DH rods being useful on the Bow mirror the ones Toolman and others here have made. With any luck it might encourage more of the shops in town to increase their selection of Spey gear and learn about it themselves. I don't have any problem ordering stuff from Courtney, but if you just need a polyleader for the next day's fishing it can be a pain.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Elliot didn't write it, he did a lot of the photos. He works at Fish Tales..guy catchs some big stinking bullys. The spey revolution is happening, you notice it everyday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headscan Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 Elliot didn't write it, he did a lot of the photos. He works at Fish Tales..guy catchs some big stinking bullys. The spey revolution is happening, you notice it everyday I thought you said it was the flavour of the month last Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birchy Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I read it. Pretty cool. I think once I get the single handed rod down pat then I might have to try out the Spey eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 looks like a sick article..whats with teh b.c. bull tho? aint it all about alberta...it aint even a spey bull! theres tons of great spey water out there..glad too see a few others are picking it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 I thought you said it was the flavour of the month last Saturday It's absolutely the flavour of the month, maybe next couple years....I have mine to practice for when i go steelhead fishing, its not my main rod, by a long shot...but i enjoy the flavour of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 evolution is king eh dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headscan Posted January 28, 2008 Author Share Posted January 28, 2008 It's absolutely the flavour of the month, maybe next couple years....I have mine to practice for when i go steelhead fishing, its not my main rod, by a long shot...but i enjoy the flavour of it Yeah, it's all about the situation. You're obviously not going to use a DH rod to present a size 20 mayfly to rising trout 15' away on the Highwood. It's like using a sledgehammer on a finishing nail. Use the right tool for the job, and obviously the more tools you have the more you can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeler Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Actually, I forgot my SH reel once on the Livingstone, ended up dapping dries and czech nymphing from shore to cutties with my 12'6 Deer Creek. Was almost unfair for the fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 lmao same with czech nymphing my 13'4" metolious 5/6...poor fishies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSalmon Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Haven't got the new mag yet, but hopefully it comes soon. Sounds like a sweet article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yeah, it's all about the situation. You're obviously not going to use a DH rod to present a size 20 mayfly to rising trout 15' away on the Highwood. It's like using a sledgehammer on a finishing nail. Use the right tool for the job, and obviously the more tools you have the more you can do. unless you're like me and have way too many hammers, and have more coming in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDone Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Never met him myself. A lot of the points he makes about DH rods being useful on the Bow mirror the ones Toolman and others here have made. With any luck it might encourage more of the shops in town to increase their selection of Spey gear and learn about it themselves. I don't have any problem ordering stuff from Courtney, but if you just need a polyleader for the next day's fishing it can be a pain.... I hope to have enough on hand here so that doesn't need to be the case, as well we hope to have a shop or two on board with Snowbee products this year. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headscan Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 I hope to have enough on hand here so that doesn't need to be the case, as well we hope to have a shop or two on board with Snowbee products this year. Colin That's great news. Always good to have a local pusher. I mean dealer. Uh, let's go with salesman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Yeah, it's all about the situation. You're obviously not going to use a DH rod to present a size 20 mayfly to rising trout 15' away on the Highwood. Hmmmm....I fished my DeerCreek 6126 with #20 flies, on the Crownest back in October and found it too be the right tool for the job. Did pretty good that day with Hawgstoppah if I recall and I think there may have been a post about it a while back... Thing is, I have been out with my two handed rods about 250 times in the last 15 months and have fished them in every situation on big water and small. There were many challenges that I normally would have considered using a single hander, as I thought it would be easier and it would have been, had I brought one, but....I learned how to fish my two handers in situations that are thought of to be the domain of single handed rods and to my delight, I found that long rods rule....anytime, anyplace...you just need to learn HOW to use these tools to their full potential. Then you will be amazed at the possibilities....Just my .02 cents on the matter. ps. Do you know how many times I was told "two handers are no good for the Bow or trout fishing, that's for Steelhead and Salmon".....Good thing I did'nt listen eh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Toolman, im sorry, but there are somethings that the spey is just not going to do. Present a 20 dry fly UPSTREAM dead drifting to a brown in less then a foot of water without spooking it....Catching the big fish on EHC's that are dead drifted at night, not swinging big stoneflies....go fish stauffer with anything bigger then a 9'... good luck with that, two handers do not 'rule', they are another tool in the arsenal... Even if you could fish every stream on the world with a 2 hander..why would you? The fight in a 18" bow from the crow isn't going to do much agaisnt a two hander.. just my 2% of a dollar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Wow, sounds like you have been Spey fishing for a long time Brent, or are you just recycling old assumptions? Maybe I should post a link to Team USA's, John Wilson, who's thread tells the story of how the European teams crushed them with the long rods on the little rivers, at last summers World Flyfishing Championships. As for the fight of an 18" Crowsnest Bow on the Deercreek, it was great, but I don't normally fish 14" Crowsnest trout for the "fight", as there are plenty of badazz trout on the Bow to kick my butt any day of the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Please do, it doesn't prove me wrong.. go fish stauffer with the big stick, and take lots of pictures of all the fish you catch...tree fish included if your fishing for numbers..why not just use dynamite and a long net.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 if i presented it skagit style would it still be flyfishign Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Well Brent, the only point I am trying to make is that there are a lot of myths and assumptions made about Two Handed rods in the flyfishing game and I have encountered many that are false (most). As usual, most who are making the claims have no experience fishing two handers in these situations. I will fish Stauffer this year with my Spey rods....photo's pending. As for casting a #20 dry fly upstream, to a Brown in a foot of water, no problem, as it is as simple as adapting the line/leader and casting methods, to the conditions at hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 hahahaha, you've never fished stauffer..have you... i cannot wait..its a spring creek, so you can go the next chinook no problem...don't forget your skagit lines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolman Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Were'nt you the one calling sheninigans last year Brent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 have fun out there..its pretty too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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