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Good 2003 on all of you guys !
Just a thought here.
In a previous post from this section, Grampa Spey suggested an informal regional mini clave for Nor Cal ~ Southern Or. Spey guys.
~~ Here in the Rogue Valley we roughly define the areas North of the Sacramento drainage to South of the Umpqua Drainage....East to the Steens / Warners and West to the ocean: As the "State of Jefferson "~~
And a grand area it is indeed........!!!
I think that one or more informal gatherings on any of our watersheds (Ocean too) would be an excellent idea, especially during the late Summer / Fall seasons. Plenty of diversity in types of water, and gamefish to pursue at this time of year.
I, and many others, are also very much into the diversities of the various spey family presentations... The various rods used to perform them...And their applications.
For example : I was asked to fill an impromptu one hour clinic at a FFF gathering in Livingston, Mont a few years ago. The clinic was to be about delivering shooting head systems, utilizing two handed overhead technique. Great for effectively covering lots of big water, especially from the beach rocks and jetties on the salt and big stillwaters.
This class was to be very small, about 30 people or so, and was slated for 1/2 hour of theory....1/2 hour of hands on casting.
Well...........4 hours later, I was still out in the football field demoing this cast, and was joined by as many as 60 others......Many weilding single hand rods. This in due course, lead to "Turbo Spey" or single hand spey presentations. I ended the class with a borrowed single hand 7'9" 3 wt. Trout rod matched to a sweet weight forward line.... Perfect for performing single hand spey snake rolls.
And so it goes.....I had'nt so much fun in years, and these two unconventional techniques really opened up the eyes of many anglers unfamiliar with them.
I still get E-mails from folks telling me how much the single hand spey casting technique has opened up miles of Trout water. Waters that were not possible to reach for them using conventional single hand haul deliveries.
Two handed overhead deliveries too, are very much coming into their own....Especially on the beach, for both warm and cold salt water gamefish. Effortless, and lethal !!!
Although this cast is still a hard pill to swallow for some Traditional Spey Guys..... :>)
Sooooo...Grampa and any one who's willing ; Lets keep this one open for discussion, I think it would be a hoot to do a simple, informal gathering like this come Fall......
I will be at the San Raphael "Fly Fishing Show" towards the end of Feb. 2003......Any Jeffersonians out there....Stop and say hello, and let's kick it around a bit !
P.S. All you other guys from the other 50 states ?....Your welcome too.... :>)
meiser
Just a thought here.
In a previous post from this section, Grampa Spey suggested an informal regional mini clave for Nor Cal ~ Southern Or. Spey guys.
~~ Here in the Rogue Valley we roughly define the areas North of the Sacramento drainage to South of the Umpqua Drainage....East to the Steens / Warners and West to the ocean: As the "State of Jefferson "~~
And a grand area it is indeed........!!!
I think that one or more informal gatherings on any of our watersheds (Ocean too) would be an excellent idea, especially during the late Summer / Fall seasons. Plenty of diversity in types of water, and gamefish to pursue at this time of year.
I, and many others, are also very much into the diversities of the various spey family presentations... The various rods used to perform them...And their applications.
For example : I was asked to fill an impromptu one hour clinic at a FFF gathering in Livingston, Mont a few years ago. The clinic was to be about delivering shooting head systems, utilizing two handed overhead technique. Great for effectively covering lots of big water, especially from the beach rocks and jetties on the salt and big stillwaters.
This class was to be very small, about 30 people or so, and was slated for 1/2 hour of theory....1/2 hour of hands on casting.
Well...........4 hours later, I was still out in the football field demoing this cast, and was joined by as many as 60 others......Many weilding single hand rods. This in due course, lead to "Turbo Spey" or single hand spey presentations. I ended the class with a borrowed single hand 7'9" 3 wt. Trout rod matched to a sweet weight forward line.... Perfect for performing single hand spey snake rolls.
And so it goes.....I had'nt so much fun in years, and these two unconventional techniques really opened up the eyes of many anglers unfamiliar with them.
I still get E-mails from folks telling me how much the single hand spey casting technique has opened up miles of Trout water. Waters that were not possible to reach for them using conventional single hand haul deliveries.
Two handed overhead deliveries too, are very much coming into their own....Especially on the beach, for both warm and cold salt water gamefish. Effortless, and lethal !!!
Although this cast is still a hard pill to swallow for some Traditional Spey Guys..... :>)
Sooooo...Grampa and any one who's willing ; Lets keep this one open for discussion, I think it would be a hoot to do a simple, informal gathering like this come Fall......
I will be at the San Raphael "Fly Fishing Show" towards the end of Feb. 2003......Any Jeffersonians out there....Stop and say hello, and let's kick it around a bit !
P.S. All you other guys from the other 50 states ?....Your welcome too.... :>)
meiser
