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Spey Casting With Travis Johnson: The Anchor
For more, be sure to subscribe to Travis Johnson’s Everything Spey channel on Instagram. You can book a day of fishing for Trout, Summer, or Winter Steelhead with Travis. Book with him today by messaging him directly on Instagram: @All_Waters_Angling . You can learn mo… Become a member of Swing the Fly To read this […]
Off The Cuff With Kapitan Kruk: Setting Up Your Snake Roll
Bruce Kruk, Trail, British Columbia, shares a few of the most common mistakes he sees in folks Snake Rolls.
Spey 101: How Much Does The Fly Matter?
“They’ll eat your car keys.”
On Speed and Depth
From his book, ‘Modern Spey Fishing’
Our Shifting Baseline
The frog is swimming in a pot of water on a stove, still comfortable as the water approaches boiling: He gets used to it. Until it’s too late. Progress Attention Deficit, you could say.
New Subscriber Discount Code for “Crafting The Swung Fly”
New Print & Digital subscribers (9/1/2025-now) get a discount code for $30 off “Crafting The Swung Fly.”
Episode 156 – Wayne Vierhout
This week I’m joined by Wayne Vierhout. We discuss is early IT and saftware days, his fishing progression from worm to flys, his love for tube flys, his very first rod, Atlantic salmon, how he got into bamboo building and design… Become a member of Swing the Fly To read this article and receive other […]
The Fall Orange Spider
“The swung fly is a tactic to tease out a predatory instinct in a fish that months earlier would refuse all but the most accurate cast, presentation, and pattern during Gulper season on the lake. “
What Lies Beneath
The hydrology of moving water is a mystery to most. So is what our swinging fly is doing beneath.
Rods and Rigs for the Great Lakes
“What is the best rod configuration for the Great Lakes region? ”
Great Lakes Editor Rick Kustich’s answer: It depends!
S.B.S. & B.T.S. : The Olive Fiery Brown
Step by step, and behind the scenes. The how to tie it, and the why: the Olive Fiery Brown.