After finding the Forum and looking it over, I'm excited to join. I started skagit casting a couple of months ago, and am getting comfortable with two handed strokes after 50 years of single handed fly fishing. I have G. Loomis and Beulah spey rods and love them both, in 5 and 6 weights. I live in westerrn North Carolina and part-time in southwest Montana. Both have good spots to swing flies, and since spey casting is so captivating, catching fish is now less important than it used to be...........