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Spey 101
Building a basic understanding of Spey casting, including techniques, equipment, terminology, and history. All Spey 101 content is free to view for non-members. Learn and Enjoy!
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Spey 101: How Much Does The Fly Matter?
“They’ll eat your car keys." -
On Speed and Depth
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What Lies Beneath
The hydrology of moving water is a mystery to most. So is what our swinging fly is doing beneath. -
Spey 101: What’s The Deal With Polyleaders?
Most importantly: What are they good at? And what aren’t they good at?
Conservation
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Passing on healthy rivers and fish populations to the next generation is a responsibility all swung fly anglers must be committed to. Keep tabs here on the latest news from our conservation partners and learn how you can help.
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Conservation Corner: Protecting Roadless Areas Protects Wild Steelhead
Rescinding the Roadless Rule would remove safeguards on cold, clean water and healthy, intact forests. -
Conservation Corner: A Silver Lining for Wild Fish?
Steelhead hatcheries across the West Coast are confronting an unprecedented funding crisis that threatens their continued operation, with California's Mad River Fish Hatchery becoming the… -
The Antelope and The Alternator
"An art installation on Highway 93 depicts a Chinook Salmon crucified on a Utility Pole, a poignant reminder of our current resource management." -
Conservation Corner: Proposal to sell public lands is off the table
A statement from Trout Unlimited regarding a controversial provision to sell millions of acres of public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management that…
Fly Tying
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New Subscriber Discount Code for “Crafting The Swung Fly”
New Print & Digital subscribers (9/1/2025-now) get a discount code for $30 off "Crafting The Swung Fly." -
S.B.S. & B.T.S. : The Olive Fiery Brown
Step by step, and behind the scenes. The how to tie it, and the why: the Olive Fiery Brown. -
The Black General Practitioner a.k.a Lingren’s Indispensable
"I think if I had to limit myself to one fly for the rest of my days, the Black G. P. would be the fly." -
B.T.S & S.B.S: The Thompson River Caddis
I went through a phase of fishing where I spent a large portion of my time only fishing surface patterns. Regardless of temperature or conditions,…
Atlantic Salmon
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Elegance, and A Grilse
Elegance on the Gaspe -
“So, You’re Saying I Shouldn’t Use a Skagit Line On The Skagit River?”
Photo: Joe Rossano. Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. At least insofar as we’re talking a standard Skagit head with a floating body and a… -
Luck Is Never Far Away
It's early October in eastern Canada. A misty drizzle gives the air a pregnant, mysterious quality. My guide and I carefully are driving along a… -
Icons: Simon Gawesworth
Icons, a web series from Swing the Fly, looks at the most influential figures in spey casting and swinging flies from North America and beyond…
Great Lakes
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On Speed and Depth
From his book, 'Modern Spey Fishing'
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Rods and Rigs for the Great Lakes
"What is the best rod configuration for the Great Lakes region? " Great Lakes Editor Rick Kustich's answer: It depends! -
Icons – Jeff Liskay
Icons, a web series from Swing the Fly, looks at the most influential figures in spey casting and swinging flies from North America and beyond… -
The Stealthy Swing
A little can go a long way.
International
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Lady Gray
The rise of a gray here is soft, smooth and tender, a kiss from the surface. -
The Huchenwaschl
Do you know what a "waschl“ is? I'll guess not, so you get a short crash course in Bavarian dialect. Actually, there are many variations… -
Icons – Thomas Woelfle
Get to know the Bavarian way of swinging flies with Thomas Woelfle, the renowned speymeister of Munich. -
Coming Out
Our favorite Italian contributor contemplates his single speyophile snobbery
Spey Casting
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Spey Casting With Travis Johnson: The Anchor
https://youtu.be/odPNbc93lRI For more, be sure to subscribe to Travis Johnson’s Everything Spey channel on Instagram. You can book a day of fishing for Trout, Summer,… -
Off The Cuff With Kapitan Kruk: Setting Up Your Snake Roll
Bruce Kruk, Trail, British Columbia, shares a few of the most common mistakes he sees in folks Snake Rolls. -
Off The Cuff With Kapitan Kruk: “The Wall”
https://youtube.com/shorts/bNUzpuP4siE?feature=share Bruce Kruk talks about how to fix the most common issue he sees with his students – "coming off the wall." Swing The Fly… -
Icons – Kara Knight
Icons, a web series from Swing the Fly, looks at the most influential figures in spey casting and swinging flies from North America and beyond…
Trout Spey
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Our Shifting Baseline
The frog is swimming in a pot of water on a stove, still comfortable as the water approaches boiling: He gets used to it. Until… -
The Fall Orange Spider
"The swung fly is a tactic to tease out a predatory instinct in a fish that months earlier would refuse all but the most accurate… -
Pheasant Tail Palmer
“The progression from novice to master has always been a journey from the complex to the simple.” ~Yvon Chouinard -
The Treacle Parkin: Dressing & Recipe
“… What did they live on?” asked Alice, who always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking. “They lived on treacle,” said the…
West Coast
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Our Shifting Baseline
The frog is swimming in a pot of water on a stove, still comfortable as the water approaches boiling: He gets used to it. Until…
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The Big Storm
"The travelers sit in jangling silence tracking the yellow line, riding a hot grease and steel hound lined out for the bleeding storm. " -
Counting Steelhead With Shep
My family is unskilled at small talk; to compensate, we avoid social gatherings. Defying that legacy, I sat uncomfortably in a packed room of mostly… -
Icons – Kara Knight
Icons, a web series from Swing the Fly, looks at the most influential figures in spey casting and swinging flies from North America and beyond…
