Trout Spey Casting 101: What You Need to Get Started 

Excellent video for microspey / troutspey 2 handers. Just got into trout spey after years of steelhead & salmon spey fishing which has declined recently. Recently got a G Loomis PRO-4X 5wt switch rod and lined it with the Airflo 330gr Rage head = super light setup to fish single handed and 2 handed and came back with 4 species of trout in the upper Uinta mountain last month. I do wish Airlfo would come out with an intermediate and/or triple density FIST line for these lightweight rods to extend fishing into summer steelhead, big browns, and deeper water presentation. Or I would be happy if Airflo would just come out with FLO tips (intermediate + sinking) for us trout spey anglers....

excellent info! thanks Tom.

Guys near your advice please. I’m a steelhead fisherman . I use long float rods . I want to get in in to fly fishing . I fish I’m Wisconsin for : King , Coho salmon , and steelhead with brown trout . The Milwaukee river is about 25-30 yards wide . Which rod should I get ? Spey ? Or something else ? Which weight ? I need to cast 20 yards across with streamers and egg presentations .. would like it a longer rod . Thank you

Thanks. Lots of good info.

What reel is that on Tom's Rod?

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I wish I was taught to fly fish as a kid. Patience runs short when your a little guy. If I was taught with a fly rod my hands would have consistently been kept busy and boredom would never have set in.

Maybe better to title this Trout Spey Tackle Basics.

What is the reel that Tom is using there?