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So ... I ran into a nice guy who showed my how he used a long belly line to single spey for landlocked stripers, which was a new one on me. He was showing me how it was great for getting the fly quickly to the place where they were pounding the baitfish on the lake at that moment. Then I saw some folks practicing long belly spey casts on the casting pond this weekend and the Golden Gate Casting Club in San Francisco. Now I have itchy...well I don't know what spey casters have ... itchy palms I guess - not to mention potential itchy wallet syndrome.
I can more or less do a decent single spey on my 12'9" 7wt spey rod with an Airflo Scandi compact line. If I want to graduate to trying out longer lines how should I go about it. I would assume I should try the next longest spey line (shortest in the "traditional" spey catigory). Is that a good idea? Ok to keep using the same rod for now? Or do people have a different idea about the best way to go about learning.
Edit: Sry, just realized this should be in the "techniques" forum. Guess it started out about itchy palms and turned into a howto technique request. Apologies.
I can more or less do a decent single spey on my 12'9" 7wt spey rod with an Airflo Scandi compact line. If I want to graduate to trying out longer lines how should I go about it. I would assume I should try the next longest spey line (shortest in the "traditional" spey catigory). Is that a good idea? Ok to keep using the same rod for now? Or do people have a different idea about the best way to go about learning.
Edit: Sry, just realized this should be in the "techniques" forum. Guess it started out about itchy palms and turned into a howto technique request. Apologies.