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Still? I haven't been there in years. Rob the owner always treated me and my dad great so I never dealt with anyone else.

thanks for the replies. I will pass the information to my friend.

Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire gorgeous area, great fishing

Shhh!

Lake George !

The Adirondacks would be my choice

Nice job, congrats!!!

Terrific! I went Sail fishing in Ixtapa, Mexico. Big Pacific Sails. My kids caught and landed two. They did not jump at all, and I was filming it. The captain must have thought I was a real idiot because I asked him what we could do to make them jump.

No, just the opposite. I never use a two hand rod in a boat. I stick with a 9 foot conventional fly rod, typically in 9 or 10 weight.

Exactly 36' of shooting head which is just beyond my tip top guide plus the length of leader I'm using which is as short as 3' if using fast sink and as long as maybe 8' when Albies are around or I'm using intermediate sink line/tips. My 120' running line is sitting in my stripping basket on my backcast.

Yes, and within Spey casting are several techniques. The two handed fly cast is just that, and it is different than other casts. BTW, you can cast any fly rod using Spey techniques. Just remember to "anchor the D loop". I strip all but the 36' shooting head, leader and fly into my stripping basket and then make my backcast and send the whole affair out to sea in one forward cast. No false casting unless I feel I didn't properly load the rod on my first backcast and then when that happens, I only make a second false cast and never more, unlike traditional casting. The key for any and all types of fly casting is to load the rod fully.

You are giving away secrets............

If im fishing from a boat, is there an advantage to using two handed rods?

Ok, I get it now; how , much line you got out behind you in your backcast would you say, roughly.

Thanks for all the replies and pms I found something.

Isnt Spey basically a 2 handed Flyrod cast though?

Because the line he is using is heavy enough to load the rod so as he goes forward and makes an abrupt stop with the rod up at between 10-11 oclock the energy is release making the line shoot like a rocket. Spey casting uses the water to load the rod and that advantage is used whereas you have no room to backcast. Two different animals here. I do a lot of spey for steelhead and can throw a huge indicator, two flys and a bunch of buckshot sized splitshot with zero casting room behind me, but no need for that on the surf…. Use Bucknbows technique there

Try one last time before it goes to safe for a while.

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Neither. I am using a two handed cast. One simple backcast with my leader and 36’ shooting head and I load the rod deeply. Then come forward and release the line fairly high and let it shoot out of your stripping basket.

My two hand setup I’ve had since before Skagit lines showed up in the US. I had Andrew, owner of Tightlines set me up about 17 years ago now with that rod, the CND Oceana

A few years ago I had 4 wheelers running through my woods. Either during the day when I wasn't home or at night when I was but by the time I got a light and some hardware and got there they'd be gone. One day I was working on firewood and I heard them coming through the woods. I grabbed my pickaroon and went running back to where I had heard them. I got in front of them and they stopped and I railed on them for a while and the one guy said that it was a mistake and they wouldn't be back. I don't think it was their first time getting busted but they haven't been back.

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