So not so long ago I bought a used spool off the site-that-shall-not-be-named. There was a line already on it, labeled as "Skagit Spey 750gr", Rio label, looks like slightly older Rio manufacture : yellow head, green transition section, yellow runner, hash-mark weight code. However, something didn't look quite right, the head was clearly too long and too heavy. I weighted it out at over 1500gr :Eyecrazy: and measured length over 50 feet. Upon closer inspection I found a loop-to-loop connection in the middle, so what I think is that someone took a 750 gr Rio integrated Skagit spey line, then looped on a second full 750gr Skagit head to make a 1500gr 54ft mega-Skagit. I don't think this was an accident, as I obtained a second spool in the same lot, rigged exactly the same way, but with 650gr heads. Line condition was perfect, lines were wound super tight, I would guess they had never even been fished, maybe never cast. I sure hope not, I can't even think of a rod that could handle such a rig.
Anybody ever heard of such a thing? I have images in my head of some non-spey-knowledgeable fly shop rigging a "skagit spey" to a "skagit head" and sending some poor innocent soul down to the river with this monstrosity.
Either that or somebody planning to cast a skagit head at spey-o-rama.
Anybody ever heard of such a thing? I have images in my head of some non-spey-knowledgeable fly shop rigging a "skagit spey" to a "skagit head" and sending some poor innocent soul down to the river with this monstrosity.
Either that or somebody planning to cast a skagit head at spey-o-rama.