Traditional Spey fishing is closely associated with steelhead, salmon, and big rivers. It's a popular fly fishing technique in the Pacific Northwest that requires long rods, special lines, and ...

It required 150 years, give or take, allowing for memory lapses from too much single malt, for the stylized casting technique to travel from the River Spey to mainstream fly-fishing America. But like ...

The spey rod helped Turek make a 90-degree switch in the casting direction of the fly line, a difficult task with a fly rod. "You could do somewhat the same thing with a conventional fly rod by making ...

Zach Brooks (above) points out that fishing with a spey, or two-handed fly rod has its advantages. “You can cast farther and cover more territory, handle bigger fish — and just the casting is more fun ...

Peter Humphreys and spey casting have similar origins, but it took a move to the United States for Humphreys to become one of the best. Humphreys was introduced to fly fishing by his father, John, who ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monte Burke is a book author and journalist who covers sports. A few autumns ago, I joined my uncle and a few friends in Cape ...