For me, this was a terrific gathering of folks interested in two-handed rods. Whether you are just starting on the two-handed journey or have been at it for years, I recommend making the trip.
Chrs
John
On Jul 17, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Smallies&Shad wrote:
Fellow TPFR members and spey addicts John Bilotta, Lee B and I attended the fifth Spey Nation event held July 14 on the Salmon River between Pulaski and Altmar NY. Fine, fun event: best total crowd ever (my guess is 200+), smoothly run, friendly spey community, a stellar cast of demos/talks: http://speynation.com/presentations/
Spey industry legends Simon Gawesworth and Tim Rajeff were the centerpiece presenters. Spectacular content. Each drove home two or three key points with clarity, humor and charming humility. OK, that is why they are industry giants. Two goals they stressed were ones we hear correctly and often from our own TPFR spey giants and Master Certified SH Instructors Davala and Bilotta: (1) delay the biggest power delivery until the very end of the stroke, starting slowly and accelerating into the stop; and (2) match the line and rod jointly to each other, to the aims and conditions of your fishing, and to the body size and casting style of the caster.
On that second point, an example would be that Lefty Kreh would not copy Tiger Wood's lanky stroke (speed, angle, etc) or equipment specs to learn golf, just as Tiger would not copy Lefty's compact sidearm casting, timing or equipment dimensions in learning to fly fish. Re matching tackle to the fishing task, SimonG was more complementary about skagit rigs, publicly and in private, than ever before. Simon furthermore put Scandi as best overall for both learning TH casting and for using on rivers like the Salmon, rather than using mid and longer belly lines. His demo was with a Scandi rig. Hey, things change, views evolve.
While the hot weather and our no-AC lodgings were unwelcome, the offset was that we TPFR three lodged in the same 6-room cabin and shared our kitchen, privy, cigar and drinking deck with Simon Gawesworth for two days. Excellent conversations, camaraderie and adult beverages including Simon's traveling Scotch. We also lodged and made friends with two Canadians whose accounts of many monster salmon and chrome in Vancouver, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia made us dream of road trips to come.
LeeB and JohnB stream tested over a dozen rod/line combos on the river - Burkheimer, Sage, T&T, Beulah, Reddington, TFO, Vision, Orvis, etc. Their comments will follow.
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