A spey rod is a two handed rod. A switch rod is a rod that you can "switch" from one handed or two handed casting. It a transitional rod, longer than the traditional one handed rod but not as long as the traditional spey rod. Read more HERE.
There is an excellent podcast on single handed spey casting by Simon Gawesworth you can get to HERE.
Last edited by Silver Creek; 01-06-2011 at 02:35 PM.
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Silver
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