toolman Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 We'll be hitting the Bow this Friday evening once again, to play with the Spey toys and work on the casting skillz. Everyone is welcome to join us. We'll be on river left (east side), across from the Fish Creek Boat Launch, starting around 6:00pm. These informal Spey gatherings are a lot of fun and I hope to see the usual crowd, as well some of the new Spey casters too. Greg Quote
maxwell Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 will try too attend this one.. got a switch, scandi and skagit all rigged up too toss Quote
toolman Posted August 22, 2008 Author Posted August 22, 2008 That's great Max...should be a good turn out. I'll bring my Loop Opti 8124 (my favorite lately) and a couple of others. Quote
Tungsten Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 right on !! i will be there , what does one bring to these spey partys ? Quote
maxwell Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 tons of beer! just kidding....... jsut show up dude and toss a few lines! Quote
SanJuanWorm Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Someone is gonna have to teach me one day. I can't tomorrow since im off to Whitetail to catch trophy rainbows. Quote
toolman Posted August 22, 2008 Author Posted August 22, 2008 With proper instruction, it's not that difficult to learn a few standard spey casts and go fishing. But, like anything else, it takes a lot of instruction and years of practise to master all 3 casting styles... PNW Skagit Casting , Scandinavian Underhand Casting and Scotish Ghillie Style using Long belly lines. I think I'll line up a 15' 10wt. with a long belly line for tommorow night as well. I have a new Vision Spey Ace 75' head, that Gordon brought over from Scotland for me, that I've yet to try. ps. Good luck at Whitetail, Dave. Quote
SanJuanWorm Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Yah but have you seen me cast? If I were you, i'd stand across the river and yell instructions. Quote
maxwell Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 lmao lets jstu do it at bankside bridge then dave and i can holla atcha out of harms way from up there...... p.s. whitetail sucks! fish teh bow! Quote
speyghillie Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Hey Toolman, not tried the line out yet.... you must be busy. Would be good fun to have a Friday night session when i get there, anyway have fun, you guys are getting Spey CRAZY. Gordon. Quote
SilverDoctor Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 I'll be there throwing the Deer Creek. My Meiser Highlander kit arrived at my door yesterday and I'll have to get building it. Can't wait to line up that one. Quote
bhurt Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 DANG, I guess I have no way around this so I will be out there as well, got a new line system that I am dailing in my rods to. I'll most likely bring out my Beulha 7116, my TFO Pro 6126 and my other TFO Pro 8126 Haven't really throwen too much with my skagit setup so I might take it for a spin and see what type of distance I can get with how much weight. Anyways hope there can be alot of people showing up, the last one that we had was a blast, had lots of fun trying out diffrent line and rig setups. HEADSCAN come on out again and bring that Opti Cost, that was the sickest single hander I have used in a LOOOOONG time. Max, the switch that you talked about is that the new custom one, or was that the one that I casted? Doc, I got a new line set up that me and greg have been using that is absoultly the sickest thing I have ever tried. Dave, Spey casting not that hard if you have half a brain which I hope you do cause otherwise its time to bring out the shotgun cause zombies are roaming the streets. Quote
headscan Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 Maybe I'll show up and only bring a couple single-handers to spey cast Quote
headscan Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 HEADSCAN come on out again and bring that Opti Cost, that was the sickest single hander I have used in a LOOOOONG time. Yeah, the Opti single hand rods are pretty sweet. Since I got my 4 and 7 weights I haven't touched my Sages. Quote
cheeler Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 I'll be there with the DC and switch...I also have a 10' G Loomis eastfork that is also nice for single handed spey casting. Quote
jdangler Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 We'll be hitting the Bow this Friday evening once again, to play with the Spey toys and work on the casting skillz. Everyone is welcome to join us. We'll be on river left (east side), across from the Fish Creek Boat Launch, starting around 6:00pm. These informal Spey gatherings are a lot of fun and I hope to see the usual crowd, as well some of the new Spey casters too. Greg Quote
jdangler Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 We'll be hitting the Bow this Friday evening once again, to play with the Spey toys and work on the casting skillz. Everyone is welcome to join us. We'll be on river left (east side), across from the Fish Creek Boat Launch, starting around 6:00pm. These informal Spey gatherings are a lot of fun and I hope to see the usual crowd, as well some of the new Spey casters too. Greg I'd like to be there, but wil have to pass on this one. Working to pay for the toys Quote
Tungsten Posted August 22, 2008 Posted August 22, 2008 ah crap, going out for dinner now cant make it . Quote
toolman Posted August 23, 2008 Author Posted August 23, 2008 Thanks to everyone who showed up for this weeks Friday Night Spey Party...As usual, it was a lot of fun casting a bunch of new rod/line set ups and talking Spey for a few hours. Specail thanks to FrenchCreek for bringing his collection of CND Spey rods for everyone to try. Sweet sticks Peter... In attendance this evening...(L-R) FrenchCreek.. Bhurt.. Wetduck.. Headscan.. Cheeler.. Max.. SilverDoctor.. Headscan launching the bomb, as Bhurt looks on and checks out the rod/line combo... SilverDoctor playing with a Loop Opti 8124 and Vision Ace 8/9 Scandi Head...a perfect match. Till next time...Keep both hands on the rod. Quote
SilverDoctor Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 It was a fun evening with truly great company with all who turned out. Lots of swapping Spey tips, lies and flies. Grateful thanks to FrenchCreek for bringing the great selection of rods for everyone to play with and drool over. Special thanks to Toolman for getting the evening going and caring about the Spey community. Quote
toolman Posted August 24, 2008 Author Posted August 24, 2008 Yeah that was some kind of Champion fighting Whitie...In fact, you can see smoke coming off the reel in that first photo... Great pics SilverDoctor, thanks for posting them. Quote
rusty Posted August 24, 2008 Posted August 24, 2008 You get those whites swinging flies, or with an indy? Quote
toolman Posted August 24, 2008 Author Posted August 24, 2008 Swinging a big juicy weighted rubber legged Stonefly. I had about a 100' of line out when he hit. Then I made him swim all the way back up too me and Doc for the pic... In some parts of Europe... that would be a Trophy Fish... Quote
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