AK Trout Camp has been created to provide you with an intimate, personalized Alaskan fishing experience. A once in a lifetime trip that you’ll treasure forever, or until you’re back again. Believe me, one week with us and you’ll be re-booking for years to come. You’re invited to join us at AK Trout Camp and […]
KORKERS X STLHD LIMITED EDITION
“Here in the Pacific Northwest, we call our trout Steelhead” says CEO Brian Chaney. “Chasing these unicorns in the fall and winter months requires footwear with enhanced traction, stability, support, and comfort. The new limited edition Terror Ridge STLHD™ delivers it all in a bad ass silhouette.”
Episode 32 – Jeff Kennedy
This week I got to talk with my friend Jeff Kennedy. We covered just about everything you can think of including, drawing flies, drift boats, gymnastics, studying art, and the effectiveness of visual aids in an audio format.
Returning to School
As similar trends play out along the West Coast, it is now more critical than ever to bring attention to the issue of declining salmon and steelhead populations. The Skagit River is School’s start and end, symbolically representing what is happening to all the world’s salmon. The struggles confronting salmon and steelhead in the Skagit drainage are not unique; they are often the result of ambivalence for salmon, wherever they swim.
Adaptation: An Important Message From the Editor
Throughout the past year, with a steelheader’s thorough cast-and-step methodology, I have searched under every rock and crevice for a way to save money and keep the publication sustainable. While it is with sadness that I say we must move on from a quarterly magazine – which I know so many of you look forward to receiving four times a year – I am full of excitement for the next stage in the continuing adaptation of Swing the Fly.
Farlex S-Handle Multiplier
Episode 31 – Nick Pionessa
I got talk to Nick Pionessa for this weeks show. We talked about the moment he learned he wanted to fly fish, isolation versus the internet in fishing’s evolution, winters in New York, fly tying, and the joys of being your own boss.
On the Water with John McMillan
It is early January when I board the ferry crossing the Puget Sound. I’m on my way West to the coast, to the hallowed rivers of the Olympic Peninsula, to catch up with John McMillan and swing a couple runs. The trip is a welcome escape from Seattle’s traffic and high-rise construction projects towering over […]
Episode 30 – J. Michelle Swope
I’m chatting with J. Michelle Swope this week. We hit up just about everything like how she started fishing, the joy of fish counts, guiding, drift boats, native fish society, how to collect dog fur, and highly trained attack burrows.
Learn How to Spey Cast
Understanding basic Spey casting terminology will ease your learning process.
What is Trout Spey?
As two-handed Spey casting has exploded in popularity over the last 20 years so, too, has the technology available in the manufacture of two-handed (Spey) rods. This allowed for the development of lighter, more limber rods making two-hand rods no longer restricted in use to larger game fish. Today, “Trout Spey,” is all the […]
Spey Equipment Basics
When selecting your first equipment it is best to consult your local Spey shop. Below is some terminology so you have a little background knowledge of what you’re going to need. Equipment Terminology Spey Rod -designed for Spey casting. They can range from about 11′ up to over 20′! They feature a top and bottom grip to […]