Switch rods?

[texfly]

I need a little help understanding the whole switch rod concept. It seems to be like light weight spey casting which looks like a lot of fun. The building kits I have looked at are a little puzzling. You get a 5 wt. blank and then line it with 6 or 7 wt line? Is this just an option to overline the rod a bit like with a standard fly rod or is this a must for it to cast properly? Is there any kit out there made for lighter line weights or does that just defeat the purpose of the casting style? I been studing single hand spey casting and this seems like it could really add to that style of casting.

[Orthoman]

Check out Dan Craft enterprises for a spey kit.

You might also go to the speyclave.com site and noodle around there for more two handed information and switch information

[FK]

Texfly,

The Spey (Two Handed) rods do not follow the AFTMA line weight standards for single handed rods.

Here is a chart with the AFFTA 2004/2005 Spey line weights
http://www.affta.com/media/downloads...ne_weights.pdf

Normally when a short DH rod is labeled as say 5wt, the correct loading with a single handed line is approx. +2 line sizes larger.

Regards,
FK