Category Archives: Spey
International Sportsman’s Expo—Thomas and Vokey on Steelhead
Angler’s Tonic and April Vokey in Sacramento. Wanted all to know that I’m headed for Sacramento and the International Sportsmen’s Exhibition, teaming up with April Vokey to give anglers all they want to know about western steelhead. In addition, I’ll … Continue reading
Airflo’s Skagit Compact System
The Ultimate Spey Head Set Spey rods and spey lines are one of the fastest growing segments in fly fishing and there’s good reason for that—fishing spey revitalizes longtime single-hand anglers and it’s just downright fun. In fact, trying to … Continue reading
Idaho’s Clearwater River Spey Clave
Spey claves offer great instruction and a chance to catch steelhead. Learning to Spey cast and having a blast on Idaho’s Clearwater As you may have read in my most recent post, I got skunked and dunked on the Clearwater … Continue reading
Posted in Idaho, Industry, Northern Rockies, Spey
Tagged George Cook, Red Shed, Spey Clave
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Idaho’s Clearwater River and steelhead
GT gets blanked on the big river Err. Steelhead. I had a pretty good run of luck on the Clearwater until last year when I hooked three or four fish and never beached one. Prior to that I think I’d … Continue reading
Skating for Steelhead 101
Peter Crow’s Go-To Steelhead Dry Natural inclination these days is to go with a variety of sink-tips to get your metalhead. I did that last year on Idaho’s Clearwater River and hooked four fish from one pool and then thought, … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Idaho, Northern Rockies, Spey, Steelhead
Tagged Clearwater River, Dragonfly skater, Peter Crow
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Now Time! Steelhead on British Columbia’s Dean River
Living the dream, Dean River style A few years ago I went to Russia for Atlantic salmon and watched a partner rip up the river while I barely landed a fish to every two or three of his. Then I … Continue reading
Posted in British Columbia, CANADA, Northwest, Spey, Steelhead, Travel, US & Canada
Tagged Andrew Bennett, BC West, British Columbia, Dean River, Steelhead
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Dean River British Columbia, Day 3
A windfall of metal… and Whitey does the big two-four So I’m stading in a run called Totem and we’ve just hammered some fish out of it, to the tune of four hookups in one pass. And I’m thinking, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Bennett, B.C. West, Dean River
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Dean River, British Columbia, Day 1
Goal attained I don’t want to go all mystical on you guys, but I think karma has had a lot to do with my Dean River trip, so far. I didn’t ask for much, just a chance to fish the … Continue reading
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Angler’s Tonic on The Dean River, British Columbia
Dream Trip 2010 —British Columbia’s Dean River I’ve tried for 15 years to get an invite to the Dean River in British Columbia, land of giant steelhead and king salmon, reportedly some of the best fighting fish on the planet. … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Bennet, B.C. West, Steelhead
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North Umpqua River, Oregon
Saving the North Umpqua’s bruiser winter steelhead From the bad-ass Web site, www.busterwantstofish.com NOTE: Too often we fly fishers demand our managers to stick their necks out for us and when they do all we do is accept the benefit … Continue reading