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I have also been one to pre-pack for a trip only to find out that the reel pouches I packed had spare spools with various wt lines, but no reel. Turned into a scouting trip.
Joe

If you have a wife that uses those "Swiffer" wet cloths, save the plastic boxes when empty. Peel off the label. The box measures about 1 1/2 in deep, 6 in wide and 10 in long. Glue in som ...

In the Lewiston area you also have the Androscoggin and the Little Androscoggin. In the summer in the Lisbon Falls area you will find some nice bass fishing and possibly some holdover trout. Or you ...

http://speypages.com/loopblack.html

http://speypages.com/speyclave/

http://www.rioproducts.com/photos/file/7740abd9a1310366097a81477ebf9b2.pdf

do a search on the speyclave forum for loop ro ...

Q: How do you get to that river/ entry spot again?
A: I forgot; I'll look it up and get back to you (yeah right).

Cool.

Was it something I said? Embarassed

I post on 8 threads and looks like I killed 6 of them. Shocked

No questions, no comments. Information not wanted? Rolling Eyes

My switch rod was made in Oregon by Bob Meiser; you spend about an hour on the phone telling him exactly what you want, including color of thread and inlay, and it took about 6 weeks for him to make a ...

This same discussion is ongoing on another spey forum; here is the response of a switch rod maker:

"We originally developed the switch rod concept, and suggested correct line systems for them ...

For those of you interested in a little spey history, check out this book that you can download in pdf format and read at your own leisure --

"The Spey Cast or Welsh Throw"

found in t ...

not promoting any site, but here is a British Columbia site that has a good selection of books listed in its books link.
And if you go to their newsletter, you can find some good pdf articles on sp ...

Monmouth is halfway between Lewiston and Augusta on 202.

I hear you about the surf; been knocked down a time or two Embarassed

Once you learn to "spey cast" it can be used on virtually any rod, single or double handed. I haven't used spey casts on anything shorter than 7 1/2 feet, but remember -- a spey cast is real ...

I love my switch rod. (I was posting on another thread the link to the site where I had mine made).
A lot of manufacturers are coming out with "trout speys" this and next year.
Doug Moran ...

I currently have multiple lines, and if we get together at some point, I can let you try any or all of them as they are each on a spool. I have a short head line, and medium belly line and a long bell ...

Here's some rod reviews of various spey rods:

speypages.com/rods.html

The ability to use single or double handed casts. I have a bad back and neck due to multiple motorcycle injuries and casting a single handed rod just wore me out after some time on the water. With a ...

Here's some reviews of spey lines from various manufacturers and used on various rods -- some great info here that will save you a lot of time and $$$

speypages.com/lines.html

I have a 10 1/2 ft switch rod. Had it made by a guy in Oregon; here's his site (and he attends most of the speyclaves west of the Mississippi if you get to one). I can't recommend it enough; a great ...

I've got 2 rods designed for spey style casting, one a 14 foot Loop Black series 9wt that I use for stripers just about everywhere, and a second "switch rod" that can be use double handed or ...

The forum on the speypages.com site I listing in another thread has announcements, discussion and photos of just about every spey clave there is scheduled anywhere. Now if we could just get one going ...

really? that answers allot of my questions about spey in salt (ocean)... i was thinking .. "oh man, what a nightmare it would be in big surf or ledges doing all of these water born spey casts ..& ...