A two handed rod for trout....
Just fyi for those thinking of a light spey rod. Ebay has a Wind Warrior 3/4wt eleven footer for only $251 with free shipping. Only 2 left. By Amundson. Only other ones I kow of are the $600 rods by Anderson and Meiser. Mystic has a 3wt for $479. $251 for a brand new one with case and free shipping.....I WILL learn how to cast that rod.
Jim
Let us know how that goes, Jim. Sounds like fun.
Winston microspey. Not a recommendation. Just pointing out they are available.
Looked up Winston Microspey's.....$830 plus shipping.
I got mine from Steve Godshall. 11' 6" 3wt spey. It was a tray to wrap kit. Still in the learning process of two handed casting but getting better at it. They are fun to cast and great for swinging flies for trout. I paid 150 for the rod and 60 for a custom line Plus a reasonable shipping price. If you want to wrap your own get in touched with Steve
Last edited by Icemanxxxv; 02-27-2015 at 02:07 PM.
Just make sure you get a line - one with a short head - that matches an eleven foot spey rod. The only problem is that after each cast you'll probably have to retrieve some line before your next cast. Also shooting heads with running lines are harder to mend than integrated lines.
Randy
I second getting the right line - I found a switch rod at a reasonable price, but didn't know to get a special line for it, and didn't like it, so sold it.
I'm trying to understand the problems a two-handed 3 weight would solve? I'm not against it, you should have whatever tools you want. I'm ignorant of what it will do, maybe I "need" one and don't know it
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OMG Iceman! Far a better deal than I made! Hat's off to you. A custom line to go with it? Awesome. I now regret how much I have put out. A $40 running line recommended by a shop in Colorado, two Rio Max Short Skagit ($55 each) heads, $280 for rod....and guessing at the lines.....$455. Had I had enough presence of mine to calculate this before buying I would have not done it. I bought on impulse and the separate costs didn't seem that much in the moment. But wow at the end it bugs me. Oh well.....I done went and did it. I got'er did. Unfortunately.....Boy would I like to have gotten a rod from Steve and a line to fit it.......anybody wanna buy my gear now?
I don't know of problems a long rod solves. But I cast a 15' one time and became hooked. It was pure fun to do. The books say it is easier on the joints of the body than single hand casting. I thus think I can fly fish to an older age. I do like it on my stream (I have an 11' 6wt Cabelas Float Tuber) where I an dead drift and reach out further into the stream with the line than a short rod. But I think it is just a matter of what one likes and what one enjoys doing. Two handed you have less false casting and the hook in the water for more periods of time? Distance? Wind? Big flies? I dunno. Maybe it is just something new and different. Just a rookie wannabe....'tis all I will ever be.....
Last edited by Whitewolf; 02-27-2015 at 03:49 PM.
Two problems that two-handed rods solve: 1. It's less tiring to cast a two-handed fly rod than a one-handed one. (True, with a 3- or 4-weight this isn't as big an issue.) 2. Using a two-handed fly rod requires less back cast room, and therefore we don't have to wade far out in deep/fast water. (This is why spey rods were invented in Scotland many moons ago.)
Randy
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